Tracy Hickman is a bestselling fantasy author as well as successful game designer. With his wife, Laura, he published a number of game designs for TSR. With his longtime collaborator Margaret Weis, he has written many Dragonlance novels including the original Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance Legends, the Rose of the Prophet series, The Darksword Trilogy, and the seven-book Deathgate Cycle.