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Scott Fitzgerald Gray

Scott Fitzgerald Gray is a Canadian writer, editor, story editor, and role-playing game designer known for his work on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game.

Biography

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Gray was born in British Columbia, Canada, and has lived there most of his life.[1] He started playing role-playing games in high school,[2] and has spoken of how discovering Dungeons & Dragons was instrumental in helping him deal with depression and thoughts of suicide as a teenager.[citation needed] In the 1990s he lived in Vancouver, and wrote reviews for the Vancouver Sun.[3][4] His wife is a schoolteacher, and they have two daughters, and a large number of pets.[2]

After spending a number of years in publishing, he started freelancing in tabletop RPGs in 2004,[5][2] working for Wizards of the Coast and a number of smaller companies.[2] He has written and edited upwards of two hundred books, adventures, and articles.[6] Gray was the editor of the fifth edition Monster Manual, and one of the editors of the Dungeon Master's Guide, the Player's Handbook, and the D&D Starter Set.[7] He also worked for Penny Arcade as managing editor and co-creative director on the Acquisitions Incorporated (2019) book published by Wizards of the Coast.[8]

Gray is an author of Secrets of Sarlona (2007).[9] He wrote the third adventure for the Scales of War adventure path in 2009, "The Shadow Rift of Umbraforge".[10] The 2010 version of Tomb of Horrors was written by Gray and Ari Marmell.[11] He is known for the adventure Dead in Thay, written for the D&D Encounters series in 2014 during the D&D Next playtest for 5th edition,[12][13] and updated to appear in the Tales from the Yawning Portal hardcover in 2017.[14][15] He also wrote the ENnie-nominated The Hidden Halls of Hazakor (2018), a 5E starter adventure for young Dungeon Masters, published by his own Insane Angel Studios imprint.[16] He was an editor on the Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (2019).[17]

In addition to his RPG work, Gray is the author of a number of fantasy novels and anthologies, including We Can Be Heroes (2012), a contemporary SF novel about gamers, whose character story draws on elements from his own life.[18] He also wrote Sidnye (Queen of the Universe) (2013), a science fiction novel about a thirteen-year-old girl.[19]

Gray spoke at a Master Class on writing at the 2021 Word on the Lake Writers' Festival in Salmon Arm,[20] and he was among the cast of presenters for the 2022 Word on the Lake Writers' Festival.[21]

Awards

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  • Thieves’ World Player’s Manual (Green Ronin Publishing) — Editor — 2006 Honorable Mention ENnie Award for Best Supplement[22]
  • Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved: Spell Treasury (Malhavoc Press) — Editor — 2006 Silver ENnie Award for Best Supplement[22]
  • King of the Trollhaunt Warrens (Wizards of the Coast) — Editor — 2009 Silver ENnie Award for Best Adventure[23]
  • Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (Wizards of the Coast) — Editor — 2015 Gold ENnie Awards for Best Rules, Product Of The Year; 2014 Origins Award for Best Role Playing Game[24][25]
  • Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide (Wizards of the Coast) — Editor — 2015 Gold ENnie Award for Best Supplement[24]
  • Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast) — Editor — 2015 Gold ENnie Award for Best Monster/Adversary; 2014 Origins Award for Best Role Playing Supplement[24][25]
  • Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (Wizards of the Coast) — Editor — 2015 Gold ENnie Award for Best Game[26]
  • Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast) — Editor — 2015 ENnie Gold Award for Best Family Game[26]
  • Tales from the Yawning Portal (Wizards of the Coast) — Designer — 2017 ENnie Awards Judges’ Spotlight Winner[27]
  • The Dark of Hot Springs Island (Swordfish Islands) — Editor — 2018 Gold ENnie Award for Best Adventure.[28]
  • Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master (Last Word Audio) — Editor — 2019 Gold ENnie Award for Best Electronic Book[28]

References

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  1. ^ "We Can Be Heroes". Brainfluff.
  2. ^ a b c d Gray, Scott Fitzgerald (June 2008). "Heathen". Dungeon. No. 155. p. 59. Retrieved 2023-11-17 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Future ink". Vancouver Sun. 1996-10-05. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Gray, Scott Fitzgerald (1999-02-27). "Castaneda: A long life's journey into death". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ DM, Author The Id (November 8, 2011). "Ego Check: Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Freelance Editor and Designer for Wizards of the Coast". {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Darkmeade - Insane Angel Studios | DriveThruRPG.com". www.drivethrurpg.com.
  7. ^ "Rule book" (PDF). media.wizards.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  8. ^ "Penny Arcade Breaks Down New ACQUISITIONS INC. D&D Sourcebook". Geek and Sundry. April 30, 2019.
  9. ^ Smith-Zempel, Ruben (2007-04-23). "Review of Secrets of Sarlona". RPGnet. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  10. ^ Stevens, Baz (2009-06-15). "Review of Dungeon #158". RPGnet. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  11. ^ Silcox, Mark; Cox, Jonathan (2012). "The Laboratory of the Dungeon". In Cogburn, Jon; Silcox, Mark (eds.). Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom. Vol. 70. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-8126-9796-4. Retrieved 2023-11-17 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay (D&D Next) - Wizards of the Coast - D&D 5th Edition". Dungeon Masters Guild. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  13. ^ Mohan, Kim; Carter, Michele, eds. (2017). Tales from the Yawning Portal. Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0-7869-6609-7. Retrieved 2023-11-17 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ Witwer, Michael; Newman, Kyle; Peterson, Jon; Witwer, Sam (2023). Lore & Legends: A Visual Celebration of the Fifth Edition of the World's Greatest Roleplaying Game (Dungeons & Dragons). Emeryville, California: Ten Speed Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-9848-5968-6. Retrieved 2023-11-17 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "Tales from the Yawning Portal". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017.
  16. ^ Kade, Leigh (July 8, 2019). "ENnie Award Nominations Are Here for 2019!". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
  17. ^ Bannock, Tim (2019-04-22). "Review of Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set". RPGnet. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  18. ^ "Ten Questions With… Scott Fitzgerald Gray (part 1) – Colin McComb". colinmccomb.com.
  19. ^ Landels, Jennifer (2014-10-21). "Meet Sidnye (Queen of the Universe)". Pulp Literature. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  20. ^ "Creative juices flow for return of Shuswap's Word on the Lake Writers' Festival". Salmon Arm Observer. Black Press. 2021-04-27. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  21. ^ Brouwer, Barb (2022-03-31). "Shuswap's Word on the Lake Writers' Festival welcomes stellar cast of presenters". Summerland Review. Black Press. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  22. ^ a b "2006 Ennies | Award Set | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com.
  23. ^ "2009 ENnie Award winners". September 19, 2019 – via Wikipedia.
  24. ^ a b c Glyer, Mike (August 1, 2015). "2015 ENnies Presented at Gen Con".
  25. ^ a b "2014 Origins Award winners". July 2, 2020 – via Wikipedia.
  26. ^ a b http://file770.com/2015-ennies-presented-at-gen-con/
  27. ^ Glyer, Mike (August 19, 2017). "2017 ENnie Award and Spotlight Winners".
  28. ^ a b "ENnie Awards". November 22, 2020 – via Wikipedia.
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