Steve Kenson

Steve Kenson

Steve Kenson (born June 16, 1969) is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) and related fiction.

His most notable creation is the d20 System superhero roleplaying game Mutants and Masterminds for Green Ronin Publishing, which won multiple ENnie awards. He also designed True20 Adventure Roleplaying and the Freedom City campaign setting for Green Ronin. He has written material for many RPGs, including: Aberrant, Champions, DC Universe, the Marvel Super-Heroes Adventure Game, Shadowrun, Silver Age Sentinels, and his Mutants and Masterminds.

He has written ten RPG tie-in novels: seven for the Shadowrun series, two for Crimson Skies, and one for MechWarrior. His Shadowrun novels include the first trilogy produced by WizKids Games after they acquired the Shadowrun property from FASA Corporation: "Born to Run," "Poison Agendas," and "Fallen Angels."

In 1993, Kenson helped to found Nashua Outright, a social/support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning youth and their allies, in Nashua, NH. He worked with the group as a volunteer facilitator for thirteen years.

Kenson became a full-time freelance writer for RPGs in 1995. In 2004, he became a line developer for Green Ronin Publishing, the publisher of Mutants & Masterminds and True20.

Kenson lives in Merrimack, New Hampshire, with his spouse, Christopher Penczak, a writer and teacher of witchcraft and metaphysics.citation |title=House OKs bill on gay marriage |last=Landrigan |first=Kevin |date=2004-04-30 |periodical=The Telegraph (Nashua) |accessdate=2007-10-02]

References

External links

* [http://xomec.livejournal.com/ Steve Kenson's LiveJournal]
* [http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=67 Stephen Kenson in the Pen & Paper RPG Database]


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