S. John Ross was born Samuel John Ross, Junior in Cumberland, Maryland on July 15, 1971, the son of Sam and Donna Ross. He began writing professionally in 1990, and has also served stints as an editor and done graphic production work.
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Ross is known primarily as a writer of role-playing game material, including work for:
Works
S. John Ross wrote the following notable works:
- GURPS Russia and GURPS Warehouse 23 for Steve Jackson Games (also, co-authored GURPS Grimoire and GURPS Black Ops)
- Among the Clans: The Andorians and the Star Trek Narrator's Toolkit for Last Unicorn Games
- Uresia: Grave of Heaven for Guardians of Order
- Encounter Critical, originally published as hoax purportedly designed in the 70s.
- Risus: The Anything RPG and Points in Space for Cumberland Games & Diversions
- The Pokethulhu Adventure Game for Squishy Brain Games
- “The Big List of RPG Plots”
Ross is also the creator of Sparks paper miniatures. He was editor and developer of The Silicon Valley Tarot, and the 2nd Edition of Murphy's Rules.
He was briefly the editor of the Pyramid magazine, for which he received an Origins award nomination.
Ross is the owner and creator of Cumberland Games and Diversions, a web-based electronic publishing company specializing in game-related documents and TrueType fonts.
S. John Ross is married to Sandra Ross.
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