Stephen D. Sullivan

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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.

Career

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 people 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.

Between 1983 and 1984, approximately 200 people left TSR as a result of mutilple rounds of layoffs; as a result Sullivan joined CEO John Rickets, as well as Mark Acres, Andria Hayday, Gaye Goldsberry O'Keefe, Gali Sanchez, Garry Spiegle, Carl Smith, and Michael Williams in forming the game company Pacesetter on January 23, 1984.[1] Sullivan worked at Pacesetter as the art director.[1]

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.[2] Sullivan is the author of Dragonlance: The New Adventures books The Dying Kingdom, Volume Two of the series, and Warrior's Heart, the first book in the Goodlund Trilogy.[3]

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.

Bibliography

Books

"Legend of the Five Rings" (series)

"Dragonlance" (series)

  • "The Dragon Isles" - Origins Award Nominee
  • "The Dying Kingdom"
  • "The Goodlund Trilogy: Warrior’s Heart" - Scribe Award Nominee
  • "The Goodlund Trilogy: Warrior’s Blood"
  • "The Goodlund Trilogy: Warrior’s Bones" - Scribe Award Nominee

"Spider Riders" (series)

  • "Spider Riders: Shards of the Oracle"
  • "Spider Riders: Quest of the Earthen"
  • "Spider Riders: The Soul Eater"

Adaptations

  • "Racing Stripes - The Junior Novel"
  • "Thunderbirds - The Junior Novel"
  • "Fantastic 4 - The Junior Novel"
  • "Elektra - The Junior Novel"
  • "Iron Man - The Junior Novel" - Scribe Award Nominee

Hardy Boys novels

  • 14 books under longstanding Hardy Boys house pseudonym

Original novels

  • "Luck O’ the Irish" (novella)
  • "Tournament of Death" (“live” online novel)

Short stories (Author)

Original short stories

  • “Crash of the Titans”
  • “Crucible”
  • “Dr. Narcissus’ House of Mirrors”
  • “The Girl in the Mirror”
  • “Into the Fire”
  • “Last Call at Corona”
  • “Lost Child”
  • “Martian Knights”
  • “Renaissance Fear”
  • “Shipmates”
  • “Sisters in Arms”

"Martian Knights & Other Tales" (Anthology of my stories) "Blue Kingdoms anthologies" (co-editor – co-creator – author)

"Mage Knight" Stories Jolum the Fish “River Trilogy”

  • “River of Death”
  • “River of Flames”
  • “River of Blood”
  • “Podo & the Magic Shield” - Origins Award Winner

Comics (author)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures

  • "April O’Neil"

Speed Racer (both series)

  • "Racer X"
  • "Solar: Man of the Atom"*

"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)

Games

  • "Dungeons & Dragons" (editorial/design team – graphic arts)
  • "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" (editorial/design team – graphic arts)
  • "Fiend Folio" (co-editor – uncredited)
  • "Star Wars: Galaxy Guide 4" (design team)
  • "Chill" (editorial/design team – art direction)
  • "Time Master" (editorial/design team – art direction)
  • "Star Ace" (editorial/design team – art direction)
  • "Wabbit Wampage" (editorial/design team – art direction – cover artist)
  • "Black Morn Manor" (art direction – graphics)
  • “Ghost Tower of Inverness” (editor)
  • “Top Secret: Rapidstrike” (editor)
  • “B3 – Palace of the Silver Princess” (editorial team – art)
  • "Dragonlance" (many projects – graphic arts)
  • "Tolkien RPG" (many projects – graphic arts)
  • "Marvel RPG" (many projects – graphic arts)

Radio

"Uncanny Radio" (co-host & co-creator) – 42 episodes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7. 
  2. ↑ "Stephen D. Sullivan". Fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  3. ↑ "Stephen D. Sullivan". Archived from the original on Feb 24, 2009. 

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