| rdfs:comment | - __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Tracy Hickman Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown
- Tracy Raye Hickman is a best selling fantasy author and the author of StarCraft: Speed of Darkness.
- Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR. They also wrote the Darksword trilogy, the Death Gate Cycle, and the Sovereign Stone trilogy. Tracy Hickman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. He married Laura Curtis in 1977, and together they have four children.
- Tracy graduated from Provo High School in Utah and then went on to serve a two-year mission for the Church. Hickman's mission was to Indonesia, but the first six months were spent in Hawaii waiting for the proper visa. He still speaks conversational Indonesian, and he sometimes bases the magical phrases he uses in his books on the language. He then attended Brigham Young University. He married Laura within four months of his return from his mission.
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| abstract | - Tracy graduated from Provo High School in Utah and then went on to serve a two-year mission for the Church. Hickman's mission was to Indonesia, but the first six months were spent in Hawaii waiting for the proper visa. He still speaks conversational Indonesian, and he sometimes bases the magical phrases he uses in his books on the language. He then attended Brigham Young University. He married Laura within four months of his return from his mission. Tracy and Laura wrote the original versions of the modules Rahasia and Pharaoh together, and privately published them. After some business setbacks, Tracy and Laura submitted the modules to TSR, the producers of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. TSR purchased the modules, but hired Tracy as well: “They said it would be easier to publish my adventures if I was part of the company. So, we made the move from Utah to Wisconsin. It was a terrifying experience. We had no money. My parents begged us not to venture into such foreign territory to pursue such a bizarre career. My father wrote that there was a secure job as a fry cook in Flagstaff (where my parents were living), and he pleaded with me to come take it” (Weis, Margaret [April 1987]. "TSR Profiles". Dragon (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, Inc.). Image:Dragonlance.jpg Tracy came to TSR in 1982, and soon thereafter management announced the intention to develop a series of role-playing adventures based on dragons. Tracy's proposal, code-named Project Overlord, was the Dragonlance Chronicles, which led to his association with Margaret Weis. This was the first project TSR had undertaken that would include adult novels as well as games, calendars, and other spin-off products. The original Drangonlance team was formed under Tracy's leadership. By 1987, the successful Dragonlance project had sold two million books and a half million adventure modules (Wikipedia.org). Hickman and Weis also wrote the Darksword trilogy, the Death Gate Cycle, and the Sovereign Stone trilogy. Since 1985, they have jointly authored over forty book titles. Tracy's first two solo novels, Requiem of Stars and The Immortals were published in the spring of 1996. The Hickmans have been publishing game designs together for over twenty-five years including the popular and innovative Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft module. They published their first joint novel, Mystic Warrior, in 2004. Tracy and Laura have been producing their DragonHearth podcast since December 2005. Tracy recently announced starting two new fantasy series: one being the six-book Dragonships series with his long-time writing partner Margaret Weis and the other the three-book Drakis series with his wife, Laura (Wikipedia.org). In 1999 Pyramid magazine named Tracy Hickman as one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons "at least in the realm of adventure gaming." The magazine stated that Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre." Hickman was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 2002, recognized in part for "one game line turned literary sensation: Dragonlance. Tracy remains highly active in his church and pursues a number of hobbies including guitar, singing, piano, models, Laserdisc movies, computer games, television production and animation. He loves to read biographies, histories and popular science books (Official Website).
- __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Tracy Hickman Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown
- Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR. They also wrote the Darksword trilogy, the Death Gate Cycle, and the Sovereign Stone trilogy. Tracy Hickman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. He married Laura Curtis in 1977, and together they have four children. Tracy and Laura have been publishing game designs together for over twenty-five years including the popular and innovative Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft module. They published their first joint novel, Mystic Warrior, in 2004. Tracy and Laura have been producing their DragonHearth podcast since December of 2005. Tracy recently announced starting two new fantasy series: one being the six-book 'Dragonships' series with his long-time writing partner Margaret Weis and the other the three-book 'Drakis' series with his wife, Laura. In 1999 Pyramid magazine named Tracy Hickman as one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons "at least in the realm of adventure gaming." The magazine stated that Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre." Hickman was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 2002, recognized in part for "one game line turned literary sensation: Dragonlance."
- Tracy Raye Hickman is a best selling fantasy author and the author of StarCraft: Speed of Darkness.
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