1. Ed Greenwood was born on July 21,1959 and is a Canadian fantasy writer and the creator of the Forgotten Realms game world.
19 Facts About Ed Greenwood
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Ed Greenwood began writing stories about the Forgotten Realms as a child, starting in the mid-1960s; they were his "dream space for swords and sorcery stories".
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Ed Greenwood conceived of the Forgotten Realms as one world in a "multiverse" of parallel worlds which includes the Earth.
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Ed Greenwood imagined such worlds as being the source of humanity's myths and legends.
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Ed Greenwood used the Realms as a setting for his campaigns, which centred on the fictional locales of Waterdeep and Shadowdale, locations that would figure prominently in his later writing.
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Ed Greenwood agreed to work on the project, and began to prepare his Forgotten Realms material for official publication.
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The campaign setting was a major success, and Ed Greenwood continued to be involved with the evolution of the Forgotten Realms over the next decades.
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Ed Greenwood went on to write numerous Forgotten Realms novels.
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Many of these center around the wizard Elminster, whom Ed Greenwood has frequently portrayed at conventions and gaming events.
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Ed Greenwood responded he was happy to continue writing for the Realms for as long as he could.
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Ed Greenwood has been contributing editor and creative editor of Dragon magazine.
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Ed Greenwood has published over two hundred articles in Dragon Magazine and Polyhedron Newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Association network, and has been a Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor many times.
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Ed Greenwood has written over thirty-five novels for TSR, and written, co-written, or contributed to over two hundred books and game products from other publishers.
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Ed Greenwood has contributed to The Book of All Flesh, an anthology based on All Flesh Must Be Eaten, and written short stories based on the Silver Age Sentinels role-playing game.
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Ed Greenwood is co-creator of the Mornmist fantasy setting.
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Ed Greenwood writes regular Realmslore columns for the Wizards of the Coast website.
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Ed Greenwood was inducted into the Gamer's Choice Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Academy of Adventure Gaming's Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Ed Greenwood was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame in 2022.
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Ed Greenwood has appeared in the following podcasts, newspaper and magazine articles, websites, and podcasts.