Stephen D. Sullivan is an American author and artist. He is a prolific author, having written more than twenty-five books.

Career

Sullivan worked for TSR as a writer and artist, where among other things he worked on the adventure modules ''

Scourge of the Slave Lords ''Scourge of the Slave Lords'' (A1–4) is an adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, published by TSR, Inc. in 1986. It combines the contents of four earlier modules, all set in the World of Greyhawk campaign ...

'' and '' Castle Amber''. While at TSR, he also contributed to the

Arms and Equipment Guide The ''Arms and Equipment Guide'' is the name of two supplementary rule books for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Each describes various equipment that can be used in a campaign (role-playing games), campaign. 2nd edition Co ...

. Sullivan later taught a course on ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' at

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

, the first of its kind in the country. Sullivan joined CEO John Rickets, Mark Acres,

Andria Hayday Andria Hayday is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Between 1983 and 1984, approximately 200 people left TSR as a result of multiple rounds of layoffs; because of this Andria Hayday joined CEO John Rickets, ...

, Gaye Goldsberry O'Keefe, Gali Sanchez,

Garry Spiegle Garry Floyd Spiegle (August 12, 1945 in Fairfield, Alabama – June 25, 2018) was a game designer who worked primarily on role-playing games. Career After the original Dragonlance group began, the Dragonlance Series Design Team was later expande ...

, Carl Smith, and Michael Williams to form the game company Pacesetter in January 1984. Sullivan worked at Pacesetter as the art director. In comics, in 1987, Sullivan wrote and drew the humor comic book ''Wabbit Wampage'' #1 with Amazing (based on a board game he had earlier developed with Pacesetter). He wrote ''Newstralia'' issues #1–2, published July–October 1989 by

Innovation Publishing Innovation Publishing (also known as Innovation Books and the Innovative Corporation) was an American comic book company based in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was co-founded by David Campiti in 1988 after writing a business proposal and raising ...

. He wrote two issues of ''

Solar Solar may refer to: Astronomy * Of or relating to the Sun ** Solar telescope, a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun ** A device that utilizes solar energy (e.g. "solar panels") ** Solar calendar, a calendar whose dates indicate t ...

'' for

Acclaim Entertainment Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in Glen Cove, New York. Originally founded by Greg Fischbach, Robert Holmes, and Jim Scoroposki from a storefront in Oyster Bay in 1987, the company built a global develop ...

in 2004. In July 2000, he wrote the novel ''The Scorpion'', the first book in the

Legend of the Five Rings Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated ''L5R'') is a fictional setting created by John Zinser, Dave Seay, Ryan Dancey, Dave Williams, DJ Trindle, Matt Wilson (artist), Matt Wilson and John Wick (role-playing game designer), John Wick and ...

''Clan Wars'' novelization series. Sullivan wrote 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 ...

novelization ''The Dragon Isles'' in 2002. He is the author of Dragonlance: The New Adventures books ''The Dying Kingdom'' (July 2004; volume two of the series), and ''Warrior's Heart'' (November 2006, the first book in the Goodlund Trilogy).

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