Don Bassingthwaite was born in Meaford, Ontario

Meaford, Ontario

Meaford is a Canadian municipality in Grey County, Ontario. Meaford is located on Nottawasaga Bay, a sub-basin of Georgian Bay, in southern Ontario....

, and now lives and works in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. He has degrees in anthropology and museum studies and is the author of numerous fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 and dark fantasy

Dark fantasy

Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...

 novels. Many of his works are set in the fictional universes of role-playing games. He has written novels for gaming companies including Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

 and White Wolf Game Studios.

Publications

For the World of Darkness

World of Darkness

"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...

• Such Pain (1995, ISBN 978-0061054631)
• Pomegranates Full and Fine (1995, ISBN 978-1565048898)
• Breathe Deeply (1995, ISBN 978-1565048812)
• "Smoke", short story contained in Book of the Kindred (1996, ISBN 978-1565048690, originally published as Book of the Dead in 1993)
• As One Dead (with Nancy Kilpatrick, 1996, ISBN 978-1565048751)

For Dark•Matter

Dark•Matter

1Dark•Matter is a science fiction/conspiracy theory campaign setting that was originally published in 1999 by Wizards of the Coast as the second campaign setting for the Alternity role-playing game. It was written by Wolfgang Baur and Monte Cook...

• If Whispers Call (2000, ISBN 978-0786916795)
• By Dust Consumed (2002, published electronically)

For Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

• The Rogues series, set in the Forgotten Realms
  Forgotten Realms
  The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...
  
  
  • The Yellow Silk
    The Yellow Silk
    The Yellow Silk is a fantasy novel written by Don Bassingthwaite in 2004. It is the last book in The Rogues, a series of stand-alone novels set in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe.-Plot introduction:...
    
    (2004, ISBN 978-0786931521)
• Set in the Forgotten Realms
  • Mistress of the Night (With Dave Gross, 2004, ISBN 0-7689-3346-1)
• The Dragon Below series, set in Eberron
  Eberron
  Eberron is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of Khorvaire...
  
  
  • The Binding Stone (2005, ISBN 978-0786937844)
  • The Grieving Tree (2006, ISBN 978-0786939855)
  • The Killing Song (2006, ISBN 978-0786942435)
• The Legacy of the Dhaakan series, set in Eberron
  Eberron
  Eberron is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of Khorvaire...
  
  
  • The Doom of Kings (2008, ISBN 978-0786949182)
  • The Word of Traitors (2009, ISBN 9780786951963)
  • "The Tyranny of Ghosts" (forthcoming 2010)
• The Abyssal Plague Trilogy, set in Nentir Vale
  • The Temple of Yellow Skulls (2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5749-1)

Interviews

• Interview with Don Bassingthwaite conducted by Pat Ferrara at Mania.com. (January 2007)

External links

• dbassingthwaite.com is the author's web site.