James L. Sutter (born March 1984) is an American game designer, author, and musician, best known for co-creating the ''

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'' and the ''

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'', serving as Starfinder's original Creative Director.

Career

James L. Sutter joined

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as an Assistant Editor on '' Dungeon Magazine'' before working as both a developer and editor to help create the ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game''. He currently serves as Paizo's Executive Editor, and commissions all the ''Pathfinder Tales'' novels. In 2016, he was announced as the Creative Director in charge of the new ''

'' for Paizo. He has written several novels, game books, and short stories in such publications as '' Machine of Death'', ''

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'', ''Escape Pod'' and ''Podcastle''. He also published the young adult novel ''Darkhearts'' (2023).

Novels

*Death's Heretic (2011, finalist for the

Compton Crook Award The Compton Crook Award is presented by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) to the year's best English language debut novel in the science fiction, fantasy, or horror genres, as voted by its members. BSFS confers the award at their annua ...

) *The Redemption Engine (2014, winner of the Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel) *Darkhearts (2023) *The Ghost of Us (2024)

References

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