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==Biography==
==Biography==
From the author's website:
From the author's website:
<blockquote>James L. Sutter is a writer and editor who worked in the RPG industry for 13 years, from 2004 till 2017.
{{quote|James L. Sutter is a writer and editor who worked in the RPG industry for 13 years, from 2004 till 2017.
He now is a full-time writer
He now is a full-time writer


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James is the author of the novels Death's Heretic—ranked #3 on Barnes & Noble's Best Fantasy Releases of 2011 and a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel—and The Redemption Engine, which won the 2015 Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel. He's published short stories in such venues as Nightmare, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, Escape Pod, and the #1 Amazon best-seller Machine of Death, as well as essays in Clarkesworld and Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction. In addition, he's also written comics, a wealth of tabletop gaming material, and video games—most recently the Starfinder audio game for Amazon's Alexa, featuring Nathan Fillion and Laura Bailey.
James is the author of the novels Death's Heretic—ranked #3 on Barnes & Noble's Best Fantasy Releases of 2011 and a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel—and The Redemption Engine, which won the 2015 Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel. He's published short stories in such venues as Nightmare, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, Escape Pod, and the #1 Amazon best-seller Machine of Death, as well as essays in Clarkesworld and Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction. In addition, he's also written comics, a wealth of tabletop gaming material, and video games—most recently the Starfinder audio game for Amazon's Alexa, featuring Nathan Fillion and Laura Bailey.


When not writing or editing, James has performed with musical acts ranging from punk and metal bands to local theatrical productions of Star Wars. He lives in Seattle, in a house he shares with his wife and several friends.
When not writing or editing, James has performed with musical acts ranging from punk and metal bands to local theatrical productions of Star Wars. He lives in Seattle, in a house he shares with his wife and several friends.}}
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==Career==
==Career==
Sutter joined [[Paizo Publishing|Paizo Inc.]] as an assistant editor on [[Dungeon]] magazine in 2003. In 2016 he was the co-creator of Pathfinder and Starfinder and serving as Starfinders original Creative Director .<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing the Starfinder Roleplaying Game!|url=http://https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5litw?Announcing-the-Starfinder-Roleplaying-Game/|website=Paizo}}</ref> He's written and edited numerous adventures and sourcebooks such as ''Starfinder Core Rulebook'', ''Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, for which he did design work and expanding Baldur's Gate'', ''City of Strangers'' and others.  
Sutter joined [[Paizo Publishing|Paizo Inc.]] as an assistant editor on [[Dungeon]] magazine in 2003. In 2016 he was the co-creator of Pathfinder and Starfinder and serving as Starfinders original Creative Director .<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing the Starfinder Roleplaying Game!|url=http://https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5litw?Announcing-the-Starfinder-Roleplaying-Game/|website=Paizo}}</ref> He's written and edited numerous adventures and sourcebooks such as ''Starfinder Core Rulebook'', ''Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, for which he did design work and expanding Baldur's Gate'', ''City of Strangers'' and others.  
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* [[Tiger River]]  
* [[Tiger River]]  


==External links==
== External links ==
[http://jameslsutter.com/index.html/ James L. Sutter's official website.]
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* [http://jameslsutter.com/index.html/ James L. Sutter's official website.]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 20 September 2024

Greyhawk Creator
James Sutter
James L Sutter
James L. Sutter
Nationality:American
Born:March, 1984
First Greyhawk work:Savage Tidings: Beyond Sasserine

James Sutter is a World of Greyhawk author.

Biography

From the author's website:

"James L. Sutter is a writer and editor who worked in the RPG industry for 13 years, from 2004 till 2017.

He now is a full-time writer

James L. Sutter is a co-creator of the Pathfinder and Starfinder Roleplaying Games. From 2004 to 2017, he worked as an editor and developer for Paizo Publishing, starting on Dungeon Magazine, moving on to do foundational work for Pathfinder, and eventually becoming the Creative Director in charge of launching Starfinder, as well as the Executive Editor of the Pathfinder Tales novel line for Paizo and Tor/Macmillan. In 2017, he left Paizo to write full-time.

James is the author of the novels Death's Heretic—ranked #3 on Barnes & Noble's Best Fantasy Releases of 2011 and a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel—and The Redemption Engine, which won the 2015 Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel. He's published short stories in such venues as Nightmare, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, Escape Pod, and the #1 Amazon best-seller Machine of Death, as well as essays in Clarkesworld and Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction. In addition, he's also written comics, a wealth of tabletop gaming material, and video games—most recently the Starfinder audio game for Amazon's Alexa, featuring Nathan Fillion and Laura Bailey.

When not writing or editing, James has performed with musical acts ranging from punk and metal bands to local theatrical productions of Star Wars. He lives in Seattle, in a house he shares with his wife and several friends."

Career

Sutter joined Paizo Inc. as an assistant editor on Dungeon magazine in 2003. In 2016 he was the co-creator of Pathfinder and Starfinder and serving as Starfinders original Creative Director .[1] He's written and edited numerous adventures and sourcebooks such as Starfinder Core Rulebook, Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, for which he did design work and expanding Baldur's Gate, City of Strangers and others. Sutter is the author of Death's Heretic and the The Redemption Engine. He has written a number of short stories that have appeared in Anthologies published by Baen and Chaosium, as well as writing novellas for the Paizo novel line. [2]

Sutter announced on Friday, September 8th, 2017 that he would be leaving Paizo after 13 years of working there. .[3] He now is a full-time writer. ,[4]

Some of the topics Sutter has contributed to are:

Among the topics Sutter has worked on, there are many which Sutter has created or that added to the World of Greyhawk:

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References

Citations

Bibliography

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