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Monte Cook

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http://www.montecook.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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The game designer
Monte Cook started working professionally in the game industry in 1988. In the employ of Iron Crown Enterprises, he worked with the Rolemaster and Champions games as an editor, developer, and designer. In 1994, Monte came to TSR, Inc., as a game designer and wrote for the Planescape and core D&D lines. When that company was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, he moved to the Seattle area and eventually became a senior game designer. At Wizards, he wrote the 3rd Edition Dungeon Master's Guide and served as codesigner of the new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game. In 2001, he left Wizards to start his own design studio, Malhavoc Press, with his wife Sue. Although in his career he has worked on over 100 game titles...more The game designer
Monte Cook started working professionally in the game industry in 1988. In the employ of Iron Crown Enterprises, he worked with the Rolemaster and Champions games as an editor, developer, and designer. In 1994, Monte came to TSR, Inc., as a game designer and wrote for the Planescape and core D&D lines. When that company was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, he moved to the Seattle area and eventually became a senior game designer. At Wizards, he wrote the 3rd Edition Dungeon Master's Guide and served as codesigner of the new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game. In 2001, he left Wizards to start his own design studio, Malhavoc Press, with his wife Sue. Although in his career he has worked on over 100 game titles, some of his other credits include Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, The Book of Eldritch Might series, the d20 Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game, The Book of Vile Darkness, Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved, Ptolus, Monte Cook's World of Darkness, and Dungeonaday.com. He was a longtime author of the Dungeoncraft column in Dungeon Magazine. In recent years, Monte has been recognized many times by game fans in the ENnies Awards, the Pen & Paper fan awards, the Nigel D. Findley Memorial Award, the Origins Awards, and more.

The author
A graduate of the 1999 Clarion West writer's workshop, Monte has published two novels, The Glass Prison and Of Aged Angels. Also, he has published the short stories "Born in Secrets" (in the magazine Amazing Stories), "The Rose Window" (in the anthology Realms of Mystery), and "A Narrowed Gaze" (in the anthology Realms of the Arcane). His stories have appeared in the Malhavoc Press anthologies Children of the Rune and The Dragons' Return, and his comic book writing can be found in the Ptolus: City by the Spire series from DBPro/Marvel. His fantasy fiction series, "Saga of the Blade," appeared in Game Trade Magazine from 2005–2006.

The geek
In his spare time, Monte runs games, plays with his dog, watches DVDs, builds vast dioramas out of LEGO building bricks, paints miniatures, and reads a lot of comics. (less)

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Monte Cook's Blog

Monte Cook isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

GenCon!

GenCon!

I have two different events that I'd like to call your attention to at this year's GenCon.

First of all, Jen Page and I will be hosting Geek Seekers: Investigating the Paranormal on Thursday night from 8 PM to 10 PM This is event SEM1233643 and the location is Westin : Council. We'll be talking about our experiences creating the Geek Seekers web series, showing clips, and maybe even do a... read more »

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Books by Monte Cook

Average rating: 3.69 · 4,509 ratings · 100 reviews · 71 distinct works

	Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons v.3.5) by Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet 3.75 avg rating — 910 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition) by Monte Cook, Skip Williams, JonathanTweet 3.50 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Book of Vile Darkness 3.56 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Call of Cthulhu D20 Roleplaying Game by Monte Cook, John Tynes 3.48 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil: An Adventure taking Characters From 4th to 14th Level 3.37 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	The Planewalker's Handbook: Planescape Accessory 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 3.46 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	The Glass Prison 2.95 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Ptolus: City by the Spire 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Ghostwalk: Campaign Option (Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition Setting) by Monte Cook, Sean K. Reynolds 2.94 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2003	My rating: