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Richard Baker is an American author and game designer who has worked on many Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings.
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Bruce Robert Cordell is an American author of roleplaying games and fantasy novels. He has worked on Dungeons & Dragons games for Wizards of the Coast. He won the Origins Award for Return to the Tomb of Horrors and has also won several ENnies. He lives in Seattle.
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- ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 298. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ↑ Spotlight Interviews: Matt Sernett