Loren L. Coleman

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This article is about a science-fiction writer. For a cryptozoologist, author, and television personality, see Loren Coleman.

Loren L. Coleman is a science-fiction writer, known for having written many books for series such as Star Trek, Battletech/Mechwarrior, Age of Conan, Crimson Skies, Magic: The Gathering and others. Former member of the United States Navy, he has also written game fiction and source material for such companies as FASA, TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast. He resides in Washington with his wife Heather and three children.^[1]

He is also one of the founders of InMediaRes,^[2] a company that was founded in 2003 with the intention of licensing Classic BattleTech fiction. This was accomplished in the fall of 2003 when WizKids agreed to grant IMR an exclusive license for publishing new, canon BattleTech fiction online. This was done through BattleCorps, which was launched in August of 2004.^[3]

In 2005, InMediaRes announced its intention to create a similar website for Shadowrun, Holostreets.^[4] IMR hopes to have Holostreets online by 2008.

Coleman announced on April 20, 2007 that InMediaRes was in negotiations to acquire the licenses for Classic BattleTech and Shadowrun from WizKids as Fantasy Productions' license is about to expire.^[5]

In June of 2007, InMediaRes created the Catalyst Game Labs imprint from which to publish their Shadowrun, and Classic BattleTech licensed properties, as well as other material which could be produced or licensed at a later date.