James L. Sutter

James L. Sutter
Born	(1984-03-01) March 1, 1984 (age 42) Issaquah, Washington, United States
Occupation	Writer, game designer
Genre	Role-playing games, fantasy

James L. Sutter (born March 1984 ^[1] ) is an American game designer, author, and musician, ^[2] best known for co-creating the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Starfinder Roleplaying Game , serving as Starfinder's original Creative Director. ^[3]

Career

James L. Sutter joined Paizo Publishing as an Assistant Editor on Dungeon Magazine before working as both a developer and editor to help create the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. He currently serves as Paizo's Executive Editor, ^[4] and commissions all the Pathfinder Tales novels. ^[5] In 2016, he was announced as the Creative Director in charge of the new Starfinder Roleplaying Game for Paizo. ^[3] He has written several novels, game books, and short stories in such publications as Machine of Death , Beneath Ceaseless Skies , Escape Pod and Podcastle. He also published the young adult novel Darkhearts (2023). ^{[ citation needed ]}

Novels

• Death's Heretic (2011, finalist for the Compton Crook Award ^[6] )
• The Redemption Engine (2014, winner of the Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel ^[7] )
• Darkhearts (2023)
• The Ghost of Us (2024)

References

1. "James L. Sutter". Internet Science Fiction Database.
2. "James L. Sutter".
3. "paizo.com - Paizo / Paizo Blog". paizo.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
4. Moher, Aiden. "Interview with James L. Sutter". A Dribble of Ink.
5. "What Roleplaying Teaches Writers". Tor/Forge Blog. June 2015.
6. "James L. Sutter". Macmillan Website.
7. "2015 Scribe Award Winners". Locus Online. 13 July 2015.