Gregory Todd Farshtey (born July 14, 1965) is an
American writer professionally known for his work on the
Bionicle
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series of novels (2003–2010), the Bionicle comics (2001–2010), and the
Ninjago graphic novel series.
Early life
Gregory Todd Farshtey was born in
Mount Kisco,
New York
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, and grew up in
Monroe, New York
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, and
Stamford,
Connecticut
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.
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=im0PXs8AwGE 2013 Interview]
After graduating with a
B.A. in
communications
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from the
State University of New York at Geneseo, he worked as a reporter and sports editor before securing an editorial position with
West End Games
West End Games (WEG) was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product lines included ''Star Wars'', ''Paranoia' ...
.
Literary career
Over the next seven years at West End Games, Farshtey authored or co-authored over 35 role-playing game books. Farshtey contributed to the creation of the ''
Shatterzone'' and ''
Bloodshadows'' role-playing game universes. His authored works include ''Dragons Over England'' (1992), ''Strange Tales from the Nile Empire'' (1992), ''Shattered and Other Stories'' (1994), ''The River of God'' (1992), ''Hell's Feast'' (1994), and ''Demon's Dream'' (1996).
Farshtey joined the LEGO Group as a writer in late 2000, where he wrote for the ''LEGO Mania Magazine'', ''LEGO Club Magazine'', ''LEGO Club Jr. Magazine'', and the ''Bionicle'' comic series.
Farshtey’s work includes novels and short stories written for ''Bionicle'', ''Exo-Force'', ''Hero Factory'', and ''Ninjago''. Farshtey was the editorial director at the
LEGO
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Company.
References
External links
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Living people
1965 births
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American male writers
American children's writers
American comics writers
American male novelists
American people of Russian descent
American science fiction writers
American comic book editors
American role-playing designers
Lego people
People from Mount Kisco, New York
People from Monroe, New York
State University of New York at Geneseo alumni
Writers from New York (state)
Writers from Stamford, Connecticut