Steven Schend

Steven Schend was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1967. Schend developed an interest in the worlds of L. Frank Baum's Oz and Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom. Schend grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and started gaming in high school; he attended college in Madison, and graduated with a degree in English in 1989. Schend works as a bookseller, and also writes novels, novellas, and short stories from the Forgotten Realms to his own contemporary fantasies. He has also worked on a novel in his "Vanguard" universe and a non-fiction World-Building book for writers. ==Works==

Steven Schend worked on several Dungeons & Dragons game products from 1990 to 2001. His design work includes several products for the Forgotten Realms line, such as City of Splendors: Waterdeep (1994), ''Undermountain: Maddgoth's Castle (1996), Undermountain: The Lost Level (1996), Lands of Intrigue (1997), Hellgate Keep (1998), Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves (1998), Wyrmskull Throne (1999), Skullport (1999), and Sea of Fallen Stars'' (1999). Schend also did some work for Bastion Press and Green Ronin Publishing. His Forgotten Realms novels include Blackstaff (2006) and Blackstaff Tower (2008). ==References==