Aaron S. Rosenberg | |
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Born | [ citation needed ] | October 13, 1969
Occupation | Author |
Aaron S. Rosenberg (born October 13, 1969[ citation needed ]) is an American novelist, short story writer, children's books author, and game designer.
Rosenberg has written novels for franchises including Star Trek , StarCraft , Warcraft , Exalted , Stargate Atlantis , Shadowrun , Mutants & Masterminds , and Warhammer . He also writes educational books, young adult novels, children's books, and tabletop role-playing games. He won an Origins Award in 2003 for Game Mastering Secrets (2002), [1] and his young adult novelization Bandslam: The Novel won the Scribe Award for best Young Adult novel in 2010. [2] Other young adult and children works of his are his literary adaptions of iCarly and the 2010 computer-animated film Alpha and Omega .[ citation needed ] Rosenberg wrote the first-ever tie-in novel for the television series Eureka , entitled Substitution Method, under the house name Cris Ramsay. His second Eureka novel, Roads Less Traveled, was released in early 2011. He is also the author of the Dread Remora space-opera series and the co-author of the O.C.L.T. occult thriller series, both from Crossroad Press, the Areyat Isles fantasy pirate series from Eldros Legacy, the Yeti urban fantasy series from Paradoxa Press, and the Relicant Chronicles epic fantasy series from Falstaff Books.
Rosenberg is also part of Crazy 8 Press, a cooperative publishing venture he started in 2011 with fellow authors Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, and Howard Weinstein. His science fiction novel No Small Bills was released by Crazy 8 in September 2011. The sequel, Too Small for Tall, was released in September 2012 and the next two books in the series, Three Small Coinkydinks and Not for Small Minds, were released in 2014 and 2018, respectively.
Rosenberg lives in New York City with his family.
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Year | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
2015 | Sidewise Awards [3] | Short Form | Let No Man Put Asunder | Nominated |
2013 | Origins Awards [4] | Best Game-related Publication | Eighth Day Genesis: A Worldbuilding Codex for Writers and Creators | Nominated |
2011 | Origins Awards [5] | Best Roleplaying Supplement | Sunward: The Inner System | Nominated |
2010 | Scribe Awards [6] | Young Adult Novel - Best Adaption | Bandslam: The Novel | WON |
2009 | Scribe Awards [2] | Game-related Novel - Best Adaption | World of WarCraft: Beyond the Dark Portal | Nominated |
2007 | ENnies [7] | Best Adventure | Lure of the Liche Lord | Gold ENnie |
2006 | Origins Awards [8] | Roleplaying Game of the Year | Deryni Roleplaying Game | Nominated |
2002 | Origins Awards [9] | Best Game Aid or Accessory | Gamemastering Secrets | WON |
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