Scott Fitzgerald Gray Explained

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

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. 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: We Can Be Heroes. Brainfluff.
  2. Gray . Scott Fitzgerald . June 2008 . Heathen . . . 155 . 59 . 2023-11-17 .
  3. News: 1996-10-05 . Future ink . . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117091301/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/135330894/ . 2023-11-17 .
  4. News: Gray . Scott Fitzgerald . 1999-02-27 . Castaneda: A long life's journey into death . . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117091043/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/135330850/ . 2023-11-17 .
  5. Web site: Ego Check: Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Freelance Editor and Designer for Wizards of the Coast. Author The Id. DM. November 8, 2011.
  6. Web site: Darkmeade - Insane Angel Studios | DriveThruRPG.com. www.drivethrurpg.com.
  7. Web site: Rule book . media.wizards.com . PDF. 2020-12-30.
  8. Web site: Penny Arcade Breaks Down New ACQUISITIONS INC. D&D Sourcebook. April 30, 2019. Geek and Sundry.
  9. News: Smith-Zempel . Ruben . 2007-04-23 . Review of Secrets of Sarlona . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117093336/https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12914.phtml . 2023-11-17 .
  10. News: Stevens . Baz . 2009-06-15 . Review of Dungeon #158 . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117092937/https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14319.phtml . 2023-11-17 .
  11. Book: Silcox . Mark . Cox . Jonathan . Cogburn . Jon . Silcox . Mark . 2012 . The Laboratory of the Dungeon . https://books.google.com/books?id=Kr2EJHnrC4MC&pg=121 . Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom . Chicago . . . 70 . 122 . 978-0-8126-9796-4 . 2023-11-17 .
  12. Web site: Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay (D&D Next) - Wizards of the Coast - D&D 5th Edition . Dungeon Masters Guild . 2020-12-30.
  13. Book: Mohan . Kim . Carter . Michele . 2017 . Tales from the Yawning Portal . Renton, Washington . . . 978-0-7869-6609-7 . 2023-11-17 .
  14. Book: 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 . . . 145 . 978-1-9848-5968-6 . 2023-11-17 .
  15. Web site: Tales from the Yawning Portal | Dungeons & Dragons. dnd.wizards.com.
  16. Web site: ENnie Award Nominations Are Here for 2019!. Leigh. Kade. July 8, 2019. Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
  17. News: Bannock . Tim . 2019-04-22 . Review of Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117093127/https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/18/18053.phtml . 2023-11-17 .
  18. Web site: Ten Questions With… Scott Fitzgerald Gray (part 1) – Colin McComb. colinmccomb.com.
  19. News: Landels . Jennifer . 2014-10-21 . Meet Sidnye (Queen of the Universe) . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117090720/https://pulpliterature.com/meet-sidnye-queen-of-the-universe/ . 2023-11-17 .
  20. News: 2021-04-27 . Creative juices flow for return of Shuswap's Word on the Lake Writers' Festival . Salmon Arm Observer . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117091903/https://www.saobserver.net/entertainment/creative-juices-flow-for-return-of-shuswaps-word-on-the-lake-writers-festival-3729608 . 2023-11-17 .
  21. News: Brouwer . Barb . 2022-03-31 . Shuswap's Word on the Lake Writers' Festival welcomes stellar cast of presenters . Summerland Review . . 2023-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117091626/https://www.summerlandreview.com/local-entertainment/shuswaps-word-on-the-lake-writers-festival-welcomes-stellar-cast-of-presenters-4213011 . 2023-11-17 .
  22. Web site: 2006 Ennies | Award Set | BoardGameGeek. boardgamegeek.com.
  23. Web site: 2009 ENnie Award winners. September 19, 2019. Wikipedia.
  24. Web site: 2015 ENnies Presented at Gen Con. Mike. Glyer. August 1, 2015.
  25. Web site: 2014 Origins Award winners. July 2, 2020. Wikipedia.
  26. http://file770.com/2015-ennies-presented-at-gen-con/
  27. Web site: 2017 ENnie Award and Spotlight Winners. Mike. Glyer. August 19, 2017.
  28. Web site: ENnie Awards. November 22, 2020. Wikipedia.

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