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Dave Morris (born in 1957) is a British gamebook author of the 1980s and 1990s. He is co-creator of the Fabled Lands[1] series, and also wrote for the Virtual Reality[2], Blood Sword[3], and Golden Dragon series, as well as penning a single Fighting Fantasy gamebook, (The Keep of the Lich Lord) and a number of TV and movie novelizations.
He also wrote, with Oliver Johnson, the role-playing game Dragon Warriors - often mistaken for a gamebook because of its paperback format. The game, a cult hit for Transworld in the 1980s, was republished in 2009 by Magnum Opus press.
Morris rarely worked alone on gamebooks; most of his creations in that genre were co-authored with other gamebook writers, usually Jamie Thomson (Fabled Lands and The Keep of the Lich Lord) or Oliver Johnson (Blood Sword, Dragon Warriors and Golden Dragon). He has worked with many illustrators including Russ Nicholson, Siku, Iain McCaig, Leo Hartas, and Martin McKenna.
His original novels include Knightmare (a historical fantasy adventure series set in the early 13th century that ties in with the television series of that name), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the contemporary horror novel Lost Souls.
He is an alumnus of Magdalen College, Oxford[4] where he read Physics from 1976-79.
Morris also co-authored a book on the computer gaming industry[5], having worked as a game designer for Eidos and Microsoft, and is a former mentor in the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab[6]. In 2008 his episodic comic strip Mirabilis began weekly publication in Random House's subscription-based magazine The DFC[7].
In addition to his writing, Morris is a leading developer of the Empire of the Petal Throne gaming system (created by MAR Barker and published by TSR), creating a playable rules system (Tirikelu) and editing a fanzine [8].
Links
- List of books by Dave Morris
- Dragon Warriors resources
- Interview with Dave Morris
- Author profile at Curtis Brown Literary Agency
- Tirikelu role-playing rules
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References
- ^ The War-Torn Kingdom by Dave Morris & Jamie Thomson, 1995, Pan Books, ISBN 978-0330336147 (et al.)
- ^ Virtual Reality: Necklace of Skulls by Dave Morris & Mark Smith, 1993, Mammoth, ISBN 978-0749714871 (et al.)
- ^ The Battlepits of Krarth by Dave Morris & Oliver Johnson, 1987, Knight Books, ISBN 978-0340401540 (et al.)
- ^ Biography at Magnum Opus Press
- ^ Game Architecture and Design, by Andrew Rollings and Dave Morris, 2003, New Riders, ISBN 978-0735713635
- ^ Law & Order: Motive, Means, Opportunity at the AFI
- ^ Mirabilis comic book
- ^ The Eye of All-Seeing Wonder
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