Margaret Weis:

Biographical Information
Born, March 16, 1948, Independence, Missouri.

Graduated, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1970, Bachelor of Arts, major in Creative Writing and Literature.

Advertising Director, Herald Publishing House, Independence, Missouri from 1972 to 1983.

Division Director, Independence Press, trade division of Herald Publishing House from 1981 to 1983.

Editor, book division, TSR, Inc. makers of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® role-playing games, from 1983 to 1986.

Former President and Owner, Mag Force 7, Inc., producers and designers of the STAR OF THE GUARDIAN™ and WING COMMANDER® collectible trading card games. Designer of the STAR TREK® collectible trading card game, produced by Fleer/Skybox.

Owner, Sovereign Press, publisher of role-playing games, Lake Geneva, WI

Juvenile books
Author, as Margaret Baldwin, of numerous juvenile fiction and nonfiction books including Wanted: Frank and Jesse James, the Real Story, (publisher: Simon and Schuster); Thanksgiving, (publisher: Franklin Watts); Computer Graphics, co-author, Gary Pack, (Franklin Watts); Robots and Robotics, co-author Gary Pack, (Franklin Watts); The Boys Who Saved the Children, (Simon and Schuster); Kisses of Death, (Simon and Schuster); Fortune Telling, (Simon and Schuster).

Co-author with Janet Pack, Lost Childhood, Simon and Schuster.

As Margaret Weis, Endless Catacombs, TSR; The Tower of Midnight Dreams, TSR.

As Susan Lawson (with Roger Moore), Riddle of the Griffin, TSR.

Adult books
Co-author with Tracy Hickman of the adult fantasy trilogies:

DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES (1984):
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of Winter Night
Dragons of Spring Dawning

DRAGONLANCE LEGENDS (1985):
Time of the Twins
War of the Twins
Test of the Twins

Editor and contributor to DRAGONLANCE TALES I, six anthologies of short stories and poetry set in Krynn, published by TSR, Inc., 1986, 1987.

These series have currently sold over twenty million copies world-wide. Translation rights include Japan, France, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Finland, Israel, Portugal, Hungarian, Russian, China, Japan, Greece, Brazil, Turkey and many more. Bestsellers, New York Times, Locus, Walden and B. Dalton lists, Publishers Weekly.

Editor of THE ART OF DRAGONLANCE and LEAVES OF THE INN OF THE LAST HOME, two DRAGONLANCE sourcebooks, published by TSR. Translation rights include Italy, Great Britain, Japan.

Editor and contributor to DRAGONLANCE ADVENTURES, hardback role-playing game supplement, written by Tracy Hickman.

DRAGONLANCE TALES II, collections of original short stories and poems.
The Reign of Istar. Spring, 1992.
The Cataclysm, Summer, 1992.
The War of the Lance, Fall, 1992.
Dragons of Krynn, Spring, 1994

THE SECOND GENERATION, DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. TSR 1994.

DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES IV, Dragons of Summer Flame. A new novel in the saga, published in November 1995. New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, B. Dalton and Walden best seller.

THE HISTORY OF DRAGONLANCE, et al. A new collection of journal entrys, artifacts, tales, songs, interviews, artwork, recipes and more.

DRAGONS OF KRYNN, an anthology of short stories. Publicatin date 1995.

DRAGONS OF WAR, an anthology of short stories. Publication date 1996.

DRAGONS of CHAOS, an anthology of short stories. Publication date 1997.

Co-author with Tracy Hickman of the adult fantasy:

THE DARKSWORD TRILOGY (1988):
Forging the Darksword
Doom of the Darksword
Triumph of the Darksword

Paperback, published in 1988 by Bantam Books. Bestseller, New York Times, Locus, Walden and B. Dalton lists. Translation rights include Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Poland, Israel, Spain, Denmark, and Italy.

DARKSWORD ADVENTURES, paperback, published in 1988, a new role-playing game system designed by Hickman and Weis to work within the magical world of Thimhallan. Best-selling role-playing game.

LEGACY OF THE DARKSWORD, a sequel to the original series, to be published in July, 1997, from Bantam.

Co-author with Tracy Hickman of the Arabian fantasy:

THE ROSE OF THE PROPHET trilogy (1989)
The Will of the Wanderer
The Paladin of the Night
The Prophet of Akran

Paperback, published in 1989 by Bantam Books. Bestsellers, New York Times, Locus, Walden and B. Dalton lists. Translation rights include Great Britain, Italy, Israel, France, Germany.

Co-author with Tracy Hickman of the adult fantasy:

DEATH'S GATE, a seven volume series dealing with seven separate worlds, published in hardcover and paperback, by Bantam Books, beginning in 1990. Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club of America and Doubleday Book Club. Foreign rights include Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Holland, Spain, Japan, Denmark, and France. Rights to a video game have been sold to Legend, Inc.
Dragon Wing. Best seller: Locus, Walden, B. Dalton.
Elven Star. Best seller: Locus, Walden, B. Dalton.
Fire Sea. Best seller: New York Times, Locus, Walden, B. Dalton.
Serpent Mage. Best seller: Walden, B. Dalton, Locus
The Hand of Chaos. Best seller: Walden, B. Dalton
Into the Labyrinth. November, 1993
The Seventh Gate. August, 1994

STAR SHIELD, published by Del Rey, November, 1996. Editor, Shelly Shapiro.

SOVEREIGN STONE, novels and role-playing games set in a new fantasy world designed by famous fantasy artist Larry Elmore. Novels to be published by HarperCollins. RPG to be produced by Corsair Publishing, June, 1999.

Well of Darkness, Vol. 1, pub date 2000
Guardians of the Lost, Vol 2, pub date 2001
Journey into the Void, Vol. 3, pub date 2003

by Margaret Weis

STAR OF THE GUARDIAN, a galactic fantasy saga, published by Bantam books in paperback, beginning Fall 1990. Foreign rights include Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Japan.

The Lost King. Best-seller: Locus, Walden, B. Dalton.

King's Test. Best seller: Locus, Walden, B. Dalton

King's Sacrifice. Number one on bestseller list, Locus, fall 1991. Top ten bestseller, Walden, B.Dalton.

Ghost Legion., Top ten best seller, B. Dalton, Walden, Locus, Summer 1993.

THE SOUL FORGE, a novel about the childhood and youth of Raistlin Majere, including the Test in the Tower of High Sorcery. January, 1998

by Margaret Weis and Don Perrin

BROTHERS IN ARMS, sequel to the Soulforge. TSR. Publication August, 1999.

KNIGHTS OF THE BLACK EARTH, an Mag Force 7 action adventure science fiction novel, featuring characters from the Star of the Guardian series: Xris the cyborg, Raoul and the Little One, plus the rest of the unusual mercenary team. Published by ROC, editor Amy Stout, May 1995. Science Fiction Book Club selection. Foreign Rights include Great Britain, Japan, France, Germany, Russia.

ROBOT BLUES, the second Mag Force 7 action novel. Published by ROC, 1996, editor Amy Stout. Science Fiction Book Club selection.

HUNG OUT, the third Mag Force 7 action novel. Published by ROC 1998, editor Amy Stout. Science Fiction Book Club selection.

DOOM BRIGADE, a Dragonlance novel. Published in November, 1996 by TSR, editor Pat McGilligan. Best Seller Walden and B. Dalton.

with David Baldwin

DARK HEART, Harper Prism, August 1998.

ANTHOLOGY COLLECTIONS edited by Margaret Weis

A DRAGON LOVERS TREASURY, published by Warner, 1995.

FANTASTIC ALICE, published Warner, 1996.

THE NEW AMAZONS, with Marty Greenberg.

LEGENDS series from Daw, 1998.

A QUEST LOVER'S TREASUREY, published by Warner, 2002

With Don Perrin, Jamie Chambers, Christopher Coyle

DRAGONLANCE CORE SYSTEM Rulebook D20 RPG Wizards of the Coast, 2003

MAG FORCE 7 PRODUCTIONS

STAR OF THE GUARDIANS Collectible Trading Card game. Designed by Weis and Don Perrin, this sci-fi fantasy game involves strategy and tactics, as well as a bit of fate and forture. Takes trading card games into a new diminesion--hyperdrive!

WING COMMANDER Collectible Trading Card game. Based on the best-selling computer game from Origin Systems, Inc., the trading card game features fighter plane battles between Terran and Kilrathi pilots. The action and fun of the computer game in a trading card format. Release date: August, 1995.

STAR TREK ORIGINAL SERIES Collectible Trading Card game. Designed for Fleer/SkyBox Inc.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

A Fable of the Serra Angel, a graphic novel for Acclaim Comics and Wizards of the Coast.

Testament of the Dragon, a graphic novel from Teckno Books based on a character created by Weis and David Baldwin.

SOVEREIGN PRESS PRODUCTS
The Sovereign Stone Role-Playing Game
THE SOVEREIGN STONE GAME SYSTEM by Don Perrin and Lester Smith, edited by Margaret Weis (hardback) pub. 2000
OLD VINNENGAEL by Douglas Niles (paperback) pub. 2000
THE TAAN by Jean Rabe and Janet Pack, edited by Margaret Weis (paperback) pub. 2000
GAMEMASTER SCREEN
SOVEREIGN STONE QUICK START RULES by Don Perrin and Lester Smith, pub 1999
THE CODEX MYSTERIUM by Greg Porter and Don Perrin, pub 2001

DRAGONLANCE SUPPLEMENT AGE OF MORTALS with Jamie Chambers and Chris Coyle, pub 2003
(A Dragonlance D20 RPG product)

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS and DRAGONLANCE are registered trademarks of TSR, Inc. STAR OF THE GUARDIANS is a trademark of Mag Force 7, Inc.. WING COMMANDER is a registered trademark of Origin Systems, Inc. STAR TREK is a registered trademark of Paramount Movie Studios.

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