10 Facts About Brian Thomsen

Brian Michael Thomsen was an American science fiction editor, author, and anthologist.

Brian Thomsen was a founding editor of Warner Books' Questar Science Fiction line, in which position he was nominated for the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor.

Brian Thomsen authored two Forgotten Realms tie-in novels, in 1995 and 1996.

Kirchoff left TSR in early 1992, and Brian Thomsen was hired to replace her.

Brian Thomsen theatrically made his point by throwing slush submissions into a garbage can at a departmental meeting.

Lowder himself had a finished book, The Screaming Tower, trapped in limbo where Brian Thomsen refused to relinquish the rights to it, but refused to publish it.

Brian Thomsen wrote more than 30 short stories for various anthologies.

Brian Thomsen was a collaborator with longtime DC Comics managing editor Julius Schwartz on Schwartz's autobiography.

Brian Thomsen was a consulting editor for publisher Tor Books.

Brian Thomsen died on September 21,2008, at his home in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 49.