Trampas Whiteman is an American writer.

Early life and education

Trampas Whiteman was born July 8, 1972, and grew up in the rural town of Odessa, Missouri. After graduating high school, he attended

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where he gained a

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and film.

Game design and comic books

Whiteman is the founder of the Whitestone Council, the fan organization behind the

Dragonlance Nexus The Dragonlance Nexus is a Dragonlance fansite that was created in 1996 as "Dragon Realm". The site was overhauled and a new name was given to it as the "Dragonlance Nexus". Beginning on November 28, 2005, the site began publishing articles writte ...

. Since the founding of the council, Trampas has worked with Sovereign Press/

Margaret Weis Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is ...

Productions as a designer on the ''

Dragonlance ''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' while driving i ...

'' sourcebooks for 3rd edition, including ''Holy Orders of the Stars'', ''Knightly Orders of Ansalon'', and ''Races of Ansalon''. He has contributed to many other ''Dragonlance'' sourcebooks, functioning as a compiler and contributor for ''Lost Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home''. Trampas also has credits in Bastion Press' ''Pale Designs''

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, as well as Whitesilver Publishing's Elves sourcebook for '' Sovereign Stone''. Trampas also wrote the script adaptation for ''

The Legend of Huma ''The Legend of Huma'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Richard A. Knaak, the first in the Heroes Sextet of Dragonlance novels. It was based on characters and settings from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's '' Dragonlance Chronicles'' ...

'' comic book series, from issues #3–5 ( Dabel Brothers) and #6 (

Devil's Due Publishing Devil's Due Publishing (often abbreviated as DDP) is an independent comic book publisher in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, DDP is best known for its wide selection of genres, including licensed and original creator-owned proper ...

Podcasting

Whiteman once worked on The Signal, the fan podcast for ''

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'' and '' Serenity'', writing and reading the "Gaming in the 'Verse" section. He has since moved on to co-create the Dragonlance Canticle and SciFi Smackdown podcasts.

Bibliography

Whiteman has contributed to the following works: * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

Dragonlance Nexus
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whiteman, Trampas American fantasy writers American male novelists Dungeons & Dragons game designers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)