Aaron Allston
Moby ID: 23381
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I was born in 1960 in Corsicana, TX. Related to too many strange people ever to lead a normal life, I began writing at the age of 11; I perpetrated my first short story at 14 and my first novel at 16. (Mercifully, both are hidden away from the eyes of men.) I studied journalism, among other things, in high school in Denton, TX, graduating in 1979.
I moved to the nation's capital, Austin, intending to continue journalism studies at the University of Texas while writing on the side, but neither a semester at the university nor a year with the Austin American-Statesman proved agreeable.
After leaving the newspaper in 1980, I was hired by game designer and publisher Steve Jackson as circulation manager for Space Gamer magazine; over the next two years, I became assistant editor and then editor of the magazine. I also began designing game supplements on a freelance basis, for Steve Jackson Games and then for Hero Games. In 1983, shortly after Space Gamer won the H.G. Wells Award for Best Role-Playing Magazine of 1982, I went freelance full-time as a game designer, doing most of my work for Champions publisher Hero Games and Dungeons & Dragons publisher TSR.
My first novel, Web of Danger, game-based fiction supporting the Top Secret/S.I. game line, was released by TSR in 1988. In 1993, Baen Books published my second novel, the original fantasy Galatea in 2-D. Subsequently, I gradually moved from game design to full-time fiction writing.
I live in the Austin area with three housemates, four cats, and a dog. I am unmarried. I enjoy reading, movies, role-playing games, and avoiding the rays of the accursed sun.
Source: aaronallston.com (Jan. 2004)
Credited on 9 games
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2005, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga (1996, Windows) | Documentation Writer |
Wing Commander / Wing Commander II (Special CD-ROM Edition) (1994, DOS) | Design |
Super Wing Commander (1994, 3DO) | Documentation |
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds (1993, DOS) | Selected portions of Game Mechanics from the Underworld Clue Book by |
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992, DOS) | Author |
Wing Commander: The Secret Missions (1990, DOS) | Design |
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire (1990, DOS) | Story |
Wing Commander (1990, DOS) | Claw Marks Magazine by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 7 games with Denis R. Loubet
- 7 games with Glen Johnson
- 7 games with Scott Shelton
- 7 games with Warren Spector
- 7 games with Jeff J. Shelton
- 6 games with John Miles
- 6 games with Craig Miller
- 5 games with Daniel Bourbonnais
- 5 games with Philip Brogden
- 5 games with Marc Schaefgen
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Companies
- 8 games with ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
- 2 games with Mindscape International Ltd.
- 2 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 2 games with Electronic Arts Ltd.
- 1 game with Lucasfilm Games
- 1 game with Skywalker Sound
- 1 game with Obsidian Entertainment, Inc.
- 1 game with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 1 game with BioWare Edmonton
- 1 game with Sony DADC Europe GmbH
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