Stephen D. Sullivan

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)

"Spider Riders" (series)

Adaptations

Hardy Boys novels

Original novels

Short stories (Author)

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”

Comics (author)

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"Dungeons & Dragons" (original comic ads – unpublished series storyline)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)

Games

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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