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14 Facts About Terese Nielsen

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Terese Nielsen was born on March 11,1966 and is an American freelance fantasy artist and illustrator.

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In 1984 Nielsen followed her brother and relocated to Rexburg, Idaho, where they studied art at Ricks College.

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Terese Nielsen married Cliff Nielsen, another ACCD graduate, and they illustrated Ruins ; they have since divorced.

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Terese Nielsen has four children and resides in Temple City, California, with her wife.

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Landmark Entertainment hired Terese Nielsen to help design its themed amusement parks, and DC and Marvel Comics hired her to illustrate several superhero trading cards.

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Terese Nielsen illustrated Marvel graphic novels, one of which was Ruins, which she did with her then-husband, Cliff Nielsen.

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Terese Nielsen illustrated the graphic novella that was included as part of the 1993 video game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

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Terese Nielsen began working for Wizards of the Coast in 1996.

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Terese Nielsen has gained a fan following mainly because of her illustrations for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering.

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Terese Nielsen has served as a juror for the Spectrum Awards.

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Terese Nielsen created several images for the Harry Potter Trading Card Game, released in 2001.

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Terese Nielsen created the look for the Sembia series of Forgotten Realms novels, and for Greg Keyes' Age of Unreason series published by Del Rey.

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Terese Nielsen was a Gen Con artist guest of honor in 2014.

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Terese Nielsen has contributed art to the digital collectible card game Hearthstone.