Stephen D. Sullivan (born September 5, 1959, in Moline, IL) is an American author, artist, editor, publisher, and radio host. Sullivan is well known in the gaming community for his work with TSR, the publishers of Dungeons and Dragons.
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A fan of the game, as a young man Sullivan entered several Dungeons and Dragons contests. He took 3rd place in “Draw the Monster” and 2nd in “Dungeon Design”.
Sullivan taught a course in Dungeons and Dragons at MIT. He and teaching partner Marty Sirkin were the first person in the country to teach Dungeons and Dragons at a university.
In 1980, Sullivan interviewed with TSR onsite at Gencon. He was hired by the gaming pioneer as an editor. He would also work for TSR as a writer and an artist, contributing to hundreds of projects.
In 1986 Sullivan left TSR to form the game company Pacesetter along with Troy Denning, Mark Acres, Andria Hayday, and others.
As a freelance writer, artist and editor, Sullivan went on to work on some of the best known properties in the world, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, The Simpsons, Middle-earth, Fantastic 4, Speed Racer, Thunderbirds, Dragonlance, Legend of the Five Rings, Iron Man, Darkwing Duck, and Mage Knight.[1]
He has his own publishing imprint, Walkabout Publishing.
Sullivan is also the co-creator and co-host (With Linda Godfrey) of Uncanny Radio, which ran for 42 episodes in 2008-2009.
"Legend of the Five Rings" (series)
"Dragonlance" (series)
"Spider Riders" (series)
Original short stories
"Martian Knights & Other Tales" (Anthology of my stories) "Blue Kingdoms anthologies" (co-editor – co-creator – author)
"Mage Knight" Stories Jolum the Fish “River Trilogy”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures
Speed Racer (both series)
"Dungeons & Dragons" (original comic ads – unpublished series storyline)
"Darkwing Duck"
"Rescue Rangers"
"Goof Troop"
"Scrooge McDuck"
"The Elementals" (editor)
"The Twilight Empire"
"Dinosaur Island"
"Newstralia" (co-creator – writer)
"Uncanny Radio" (co-host & co-creator) – 42 episodes