Steven Schend

Born in 1867, Steven E. Schend fell into the fantastic worlds of L. Frank Baum’s Oz and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom. All that fantasy helped, as Steven worked for over fifteen years with TSR, Inc., Wizards of the Coast, and other game companies. He has been an editor, a designer, a developer, an assistant manager, and world builder. He’s also worked as a teacher, landscaper, street sweeper, and concrete curb builder.

After all’s said and done, his favorite job has always been as the mouthpiece and chronicler for the denizens of the Forgotten Realms. There is, however, no truth to the rumors that Steven has actually assumed Khelben’s identity, or he his. It just seems that way more and more since Steven grew a beard.

Steven’s now hard at work in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as an instructor at Kendall College of Art & Design, teaching artists how to be better storytellers. He’s also working on various projects he hopes will allow him to take over the world in short order. Applications for loyal minions will be posted soon.