Jeff Franzmann
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| Jeff Franzmann | |
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| Born | March 3, 1973 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genres | science fiction, fantasy |
| Subjects | Magic: The Gathering |
Jeff Franzmann (born March 3, 1973) is a fantasy and science fiction author from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada who gained a small degree of notoriety on the newsgroup alt.gothic for his incendiary posting style.
Franzmann's first published works were the result of a popular series of articles written on a Usenet newsgroup dedicated to the collectible trading card game Magic: The Gathering. These online articles spawned the popular Single Card Strategies series. This series involved strategy writings that were characterized by a short piece of introductory fiction leading into the strategy article, ending with another short piece of fiction. Articles in this series were published in several magazines, including InQuest,Shadis, and Wizards of the Coast's Duelist. The popularity of the series lead to the publication of a book Single Card Strategies for Magic the Gathering, written by Franzmann and edited by Beth Moursund and Philip Kramer. While he was not responsible or involved in its creation, the title of the series was used without the author's permission in the promotions for the Harry Potter collectible card game. Though Franzmann was upset, he did not pursue legal action.
Franzmann wasn't happy with the direction of his writing career and ceased writing for Collectible Card Games in 1997. His next published works appeared in Legends Magazine. These writings involved excerpts from his Another Day short stories, a post apocalyptic series, as well as one shot short stories.
[edit] Education, family and career
Franzmann is a Polish/Icelandic Canadian adopted into a German/Canadian family. Born in Winnipeg, he was raised in that city until the age of 6, when his family relocated to Regina,Saskatchewan. An early childhood event that impacted him greatly was the death of a schoolmate in a bicycle accident. While he did not discuss the event with friends or family, it started him on a lifelong inquiry into the concepts of mortality and legacy. He attended one year of High School at the private Lutheran college of Luther College High School in Regina before his family moved back to Winnipeg, where he attended Shaftsebury High School. During his 2nd year, he was selected to attend Phi Delta Kappa's week long conference for future educators, as he hoped to one day pursue a career in education. The suicide of a close friend in his graduating year resulted in a change of plans, and Franzmann attended the University of Manitoba, majoring in Anthropology while pursuing several different fields before settling on Religion as a minor.
