Troy Denning

Troy Denning is the author of the New York Times bestseller Waterdeep (under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson) and nineteen other novels, including Pages of Pain, Beyond the High Road, and, most recently, The Summoning. He lives in southern Wisconsin with his wife, Andria, though he spends most of his time wandering through the various fantasy worlds mysteriously locked inside his computer’s video monitor. Needless to say, his life has been much more colorful since the advent of super VGA.

When he isn’t roaming the Athasian deserts, tramping through the forests of Toril, or hunting womp rats on Tatooine, Troy enjoys many hobbies, including all forms of skiing, hiking, mountain-climbing, and Kyuki-do — a form of tae-kwan-do incorporating judo, boxing, and hapki-do. He has worked in molybdenum mines, seedy nightclubs, and other high-risk jobs such as game design and editing.