James L. Sutter
Sutter (born March 1984) is an American game designer, author, and musician, best known for co-creating the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Starfinder Roleplaying Game, serving as Starfinder's original Creative Director.
James L. Sutter
- Name
- James L.
- Born
- 1 March 1984
- Birthplace
- Issaquah, Washington, United States
- Occupation
- Writer, game designer
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · fantasy literature · game design · fantasy game
- Languages
- English
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• Name — James L. Sutter • Born — 1 March 1984 • Birthplace — Issaquah, Washington, United States • Occupation — Writer, game designer • Genre — Role-playing games, fantasy
Career
Career
James L. Sutter joined Paizo Publishing as an assistant editor on Dungeon Magazine before working as both a developer and editor to help create the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. He currently serves as Paizo's executive editor, and commissions all the Pathfinder Tales novels. In 2016, he was announced as the creative director in charge of the new Starfinder Roleplaying Game for Paizo. He has written several novels, game books, and short stories in such publications as Machine of Death, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Escape Pod and Podcastle. He also published the young adult novel Darkhearts (2023).
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Novels
• Pathfinder Tales: Death's Heretic. Paizo, 2011.. (finalist for the Compton Crook Award) • Pathfinder Tales: The Redemption Engine. Paizo, 2014.. (winner of the Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel) • Darkhearts. Wednesday Books, 2023.. • The Ghost of Us. Wednesday Books, 2024..
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- 1.James L. Sutter. Internet Science Fiction Database.
- 2.James L. Sutter - Author. jameslsutter.com.
- 3.Sutter, James L. Announcing the Starfinder Roleplaying Game!. Paizo. May 29, 2016.
- 4.Moher, Aiden. Interview with James L. Sutter. A Dribble of Ink.
- 5.What Roleplaying Teaches Writers. Tor/Forge Blog. June 2015.
- 6.James L. Sutter. Macmillan Website.
- 7.2015 Scribe Award Winners. Locus Online. 13 July 2015.
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