Ed Greenwood




Ed Greenwood

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born
January 01, 1959

gender
male

place of birth
Toronto, Canada

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


about this author

Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, which became the setting for his home D&D game in 1975. Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications.

Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.

In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.

Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG serie...more




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avg rating: 3.47 | 4,436 ratings | 145 reviews | 74 distinct works | 17 fans
Elminster: The Making of a Mag... Elminster: The Making of a Mage (Forgotten Realms: Elminster, #1)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.64 — 359 ratings — published 1995
5 editions
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Spellfire Spellfire (Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga, #1)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.34 — 316 ratings — published 1988
5 editions
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Elminster in Myth Drannor Elminster in Myth Drannor (Forgotten Realms: Elminster, #2)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.54 — 256 ratings — published 1998
6 editions
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The Temptation of Elminster The Temptation of Elminster (Forgotten Realms: Elminster, #3)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.53 — 218 ratings — published 1998
5 editions
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Forgotten Realms Campaign Sett... Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (Forgotten Realms) (Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition)
by Ed Greenwood, Skip Williams, Sean K. Reynolds, Rob Heinsoo
avg rating 3.99 — 182 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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Elminster in Hell Elminster in Hell (Forgotten Realms: Elminster, #4)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.34 — 189 ratings — published 2001
5 editions
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Crown of Fire Crown of Fire (Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, #9; Shandril's Saga, #2)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.15 — 174 ratings — published 1994
4 editions
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Elminster's Daughter Elminster's Daughter (Forgotten Realms: Elminster, #5)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.35 — 138 ratings — published 2004
3 editions
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Hand of Fire Hand of Fire (Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga, #3)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.32 — 111 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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Shadows of Doom Shadows of Doom (Forgotten Realms: Shadow of the Avatar, #1)
by Ed Greenwood
avg rating 3.31 — 111 ratings — published 1995
2 editions
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