Warren Spector received his BS in Speech from Northwestern University and an MA in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas, Austin.

He began as Associate Editor at boardgame company, Steve Jackson Games, and rose to the position of Editor-in-Chief. At SJG, he collaborated on TOON: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game and edited or designed several other board and roleplaying games.

In 1987, Warren moved to TSR, best-known for the Dungeons & Dragons games. There, he edited the Top Secret/S.I game, the Bullwinkle and Rocky Game and the 2nd Edition AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide. He also wrote several roleplaying supplements, boardgames and novels.

Joining computer game developer ORIGIN Systems in 1989, Warren served as Associate Producer on Ultima VI and Wing Commander. He went on to produce the award-winning Ultima Underworld games, Ultima VII, Part 2: Serpent Isle, System Shock, Wings of Glory and more.

After a stint as Executive Producer with LookingGlass Technologies, Warren joined ION Storm in fall of 1997, accepting a seat on the company’s board of directors in November 1999. He is also on the board of directors of the International Game Developers Association. Warren and his team recently released a near-future action roleplaying game called Deus Ex.

In November, 2004, he leaves the company 'to pursue personal interests.

In early 2005, he founds Junction Point Studios and begins development of a fantasy game with "a supportive publisher". After about 9 months, the deal is cancelled and his team goes back to work on several other projects.

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