Author Guest of Honor: Don Perrin

Don Perrin is a displaced Canadian now living in Williams Bay, Wisconsin as Vice President of Operations with Mag Force 7, Inc. Along with his life partner Margaret Weis, he is writing a series of novels in the Mag Force 7 series, the first hitting the shelf in April 1995. His love is games of all sorts, and now has two successful collectible game designs to his credit with Star of the Guardians Collectible Trading Card Game and Wing Commander® Collectible Trading Card Game. Don now designs role playing products for Imperium Game's Traveller RPG Universe.

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The Lazear Agency, Inc.
800 Washington Avenue N Suite 660
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55401
Jonathan Lazear (612) 332-8640

Don's Email Address is dperrin@mag7.com.

Biographical Information

Born, 1 October 1964, Iserlohn, Republic of Germany.
Graduated, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Physics, 1987.
Regular Army Officer, Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Canadian Department of National Defence, June 1983 to June 1992.
Reserve Army Officer, 30th Field Artillery Regiment (The Bytown Gunners), Royal Canadian Artillery, Canadian Department of National Defence, June 1992 to January 1994.
Software Engineer, the CGI Group, Systems Engineering Division, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 1993 to January 1994.
Director of Electronic Warfare Software Development, Software Kinetics Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, June 1993 to January 1994.
Currently freelance author and game designer, President of the Game Guild, Inc. (including eGameGuild.Com).

List of Works

Novels:

Knights of the Black Earth, a science fiction novel set in the Star of the Guardians universe, co-author with Margaret Weis, Penguin USA/ROC, April 1995.
Robot Blues, the second science fiction novel set in Knight of the Black Earth universe, co-author with Margaret Weis, Penguin USA/ROC, November 1996.
Hung Out, the third novel set in Knight of the Black Earth universe, co-author with Margaret Weis, Penguin USA/ROC, 1998.
Theros Ironfeld, a Dragonlance® Warriors series novel, TSR, Inc., April, 1996.
Doom Brigade, a War of Chaos series novel, co-author with Margaret Weis, TSR, Inc., October, 1996.
Brothers in Arms, second in the Raistlin Chronicles in the Dragonlance Saga, TSR, Inc., August, 1999.

Short Stories:

"First Dragon Army Bridge Building Company" in The Dragons of Krynn short story collection, TSR 1994.
"War Diary of Lord Ariaken" in Dragons of Summer Flame, Chronicles IV Dragonlance®, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, TSR 1995.
"Island of the Brutes" in The History of Dragonlance collection, TSR 1995.
"Fire One!" in Dragons at War short story collection, TSR, 1996
"Master Tall and Master Small" in Dragons of Chaosshort story collection, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, TSR 1997
"Demons of the Mind" in Relics & Omens short story collection, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, TSR 1998.
"To Convince the Righteous of the Right" in Heroes and Fools short story collection, TSR, 1999.

Game Rule Books:

Men at Arms, 15 and 25mm Medieval Miniatures Rule Book, Editor and Publisher, 1993.
Marc Miller's Traveller, Science fiction role playing game core book, contributor/designer, Imperium Games, 1996.
Marc Miller's Traveller - Starships, author, Imperium Games, 1996.
Sovereign Stone Quickstart Rules, author, Sovereign Press, 1998.
Sovereign Stone Game System, author with Lester Smith, Sovereign Press, 1999.

Board and Card Games:

Star Trek® Original Series Collectible Trading Card Game, Co-designer with Jeff Grubb and Margaret Weis, Fleer Skybox, Inc., 1998
Wing Commander® Collectible Trading Card Game, Co-designer and Producer with Jeff Grubb, Mag Force 7, Inc., 1997
Star of the Guardians Collectible Trading Card Game, Designer and Producer, Mag Force 7, Inc., 1995.
Supremacy®, Board Game, Supremacy Games, Inc., Military Consultant, 1988.

Star of the Guardians is a trademark owned by Mag Force 7, Inc.
Wing Commander® is a registered trademark of ORIGIN Systems, Inc.

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