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| - Margaret Edith Weis (born March 16, 1948 in Independence, Missouri, United States) is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn. She graduated from the University of Missouri–Columbia and now lives in southern Wisconsin in a converted barn. Most recently, she has completed the third novel in the Dragonvarld trilogy for TOR, Master of Dragons. Her second novel in the Dark Disciple series, Amber and Iron, was released to stores on February 1, 2006. She has finished work on the first novel in the Lost Chronicles series with co-author Hickman, entitled Dragons of the Dwarven Depths, which was released in July 2006.
- A Science Fiction & Fantasy author and Tabletop RPG gamer, Margaret Weis is most famous for partnering with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance setting and novels for Dungeons and Dragons. Pyramid Magazine claims that she and Hickman are entirely responsible for the entire gaming-fiction genre. Whether this makes them pioneering auteurs or a pair of overblown Fan Fiction writers / Promoted Fanpersons is a Your Mileage May Vary issue. Currently working on a new six-book High Fantasy epic with Tracy Hickman, Dragonships.
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| - A Science Fiction & Fantasy author and Tabletop RPG gamer, Margaret Weis is most famous for partnering with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance setting and novels for Dungeons and Dragons. Pyramid Magazine claims that she and Hickman are entirely responsible for the entire gaming-fiction genre. Whether this makes them pioneering auteurs or a pair of overblown Fan Fiction writers / Promoted Fanpersons is a Your Mileage May Vary issue. Weis, whether with Hickman, with second husband Don Perrin or writing solo, has also generated a large number of original Intellectual Properties, such as Darksword, Dragonvarld, the excellent and underrated Rose of the Prophet trilogy, Star of the Guardians & Mag Force 7, and The Death Gate Cycle. She writes in a distinct style, preferring tense, telegraphic phrases, and her roots in RPG storytelling are generally obvious (Death Gate doesn't go quite as far as instituting Magic Points, but the idea is evident). An eccentric Fourth-Wall Breaker, "Fizban" (or anagrams thereof), has appeared in several of her settings after originating in Dragonlance. Weis also owns two tabletop-RPG publishing houses. One, Sovereign Press, was founded to publish The Sovereign Stone and handled Dragonlance on license for the Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 ruleset from Wizards of the Coast; the other, Margaret Weis Productions, publishes the Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined), Supernatural and Firefly RPGs, as well as several smaller IPs. Currently working on a new six-book High Fantasy epic with Tracy Hickman, Dragonships.
- Margaret Edith Weis (born March 16, 1948 in Independence, Missouri, United States) is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn. She graduated from the University of Missouri–Columbia and now lives in southern Wisconsin in a converted barn. Most recently, she has completed the third novel in the Dragonvarld trilogy for TOR, Master of Dragons. Her second novel in the Dark Disciple series, Amber and Iron, was released to stores on February 1, 2006. She has finished work on the first novel in the Lost Chronicles series with co-author Hickman, entitled Dragons of the Dwarven Depths, which was released in July 2006. In 1999 Pyramid magazine named Margaret Weis as one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons "at least in the realm of adventure gaming." The magazine stated that Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre." Weis was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 2002, recognized in part for "one game line turned literary sensation: Dragonlance." In addition to her writing career, Margaret serves as the owner and chief officer of two publishing companies, including Sovereign Press, Inc., a game publisher based in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The company used to own the license to Larry Elmore's Sovereign Stone RPG world, hence the name of the company. It now produces the Dragonlance line of game products, licensed from Wizards of the Coast. Her newest company, Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, publishes RPG line based on several licenses including Serenity and Battlestar Galactica as well as Ed Greenwood's new solo venture into roleplaying, Castlemourn. Despite her fame as a fantasy author, she claims not to read fantasy books. On a personal level, Weis is a mother of two (David (deceased) and Elizabeth (Lizz) Baldwin) from her first marriage. She has also divorced her second husband, Canadian-born author Don Perrin. Weis is a breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed in 1993 and underwent successful chemotherapy. She kept herself busy writing The Seventh Gate during her treatment.
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