14 Facts About Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn was born on July 28,1971 and is a Canadian video game scenario writer, scriptwriter and novelist of Ukrainian descent.

Drew Karpyshyn served as a senior writer on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for BioWare and lead writer for the first two Mass Effect video games.

Drew Karpyshyn left BioWare in 2012 to focus on his Chaos Born novels, and returned to it three years later in 2015.

Drew Karpyshyn got his start as a game designer for Wizards of the Coast, and he has written two novels for Wizards of the Coast, both published in 2001 and both set in the Forgotten Realms setting: Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal and Temple Hill.

Drew Karpyshyn wrote the scenario and much of the dialogue for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, for which he would share the award for "Excellence in Writing" at the 2003 Game Developers Choice Awards.

Drew Karpyshyn was later one of the lead writers and planners on Jade Empire, and worked on several games in the Baldur's Gate series.

Drew Karpyshyn moved to Austin, Texas to help with Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Drew Karpyshyn left BioWare in February 2012 to focus more on his own projects.

Drew Karpyshyn returned to BioWare in 2015 to focus on the post-release development of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Drew Karpyshyn is a fan of the NFL's San Diego Chargers.

Drew Karpyshyn believes that in the NFL, Bill Belichick is most likely to follow the ways of the Sith, and Peyton Manning is the most likely to be a Jedi.

Drew Karpyshyn prefers to write at night without any music playing.

Drew Karpyshyn was born on July 28,1971, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Drew Karpyshyn previously lived in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, with his wife Jennifer.