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Caroline Spector

{{short description|American novelist}}

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|image = CarolineSpectorprofilePic.jpg

|name = Caroline Spector

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|04|27}}

| birth_place = Lockbourne, Ohio, United States{{cite web|url=https://www.worldswithoutend.com/author.asp?ID=5843|title=Caroline Spector|website=Worlds Without End|access-date=2025-04-23}}

|birth_name = Caroline Skelley

|nationality = American

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|occupation = Writer

|years_active = 1990–present

|spouse = {{marriage|Warren Spector|1987}}

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Caroline Spector (born Caroline Skelley) is a science fiction and fantasy writer who has also written role-playing game modules and computer game hint books. She also spent two years as associate editor at Amazing Stories magazine.{{Cite web |url=http://www.smartpopbooks.com/authors/caroline-spector |title=Smart Pop Books: Caroline Spector |access-date=2013-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625200141/http://www.smartpopbooks.com/authors/caroline-spector |archive-date=2012-06-25 |url-status=dead }} She is a member of George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards consortium, the group of contributing authors to the ongoing Wild Cards shared world original story anthology series edited by Martin, now in its 22nd volume, and currently published by Tor Books.

Personal life

Caroline Skelley met writer Warren Spector in 1984 at a comic book store in Austin, Texas, where she was employed. They were married on April 11, 1987. The couple have at times worked together on game supplements for the Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game.{{cite journal| title = TSR Profiles | journal =Dragon | issue = #123 | page = 88 | publisher = TSR, Inc. | location = Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | date = July 1987 }}

Works

=Gaming=

  • Ultima: The Avatar Adventures (Secrets of the Games series) with Rusel DeMaria (May 18, 1992) Prima Games, {{ISBN|1-55958-130-1}}
  • Ultima VII and Underworld: More Avatar Adventures (Secrets of the Games series) (June 1, 1993) Prima Games, {{ISBN|1-55958-251-0}}
  • Might and Magic Compendium: The Authorized Strategy Guide to Games I-V (Secrets of the Games series) (January 10, 1994) Prima Games, {{ISBN|1-55958-325-8}}
  • Reap the Whirlwind (Marvel Super Heroes Module MX3) with Warren Spector (September 1987) Wizards of the Coast, {{ISBN|0-88038-481-6}}
  • The Revenge of Kang (Marvel Super Heroes module MT3) with Ray Winninger (January 1990) Wizards of the Coast, {{ISBN|0-88038-777-7}}
  • Top Secret/S.I.: The Web (June 1990) Wizards of the Coast, {{ISBN|0-88038-820-X}}

=Novels=

=Short stories=

  • "His Cool, Blue Skin", Dragons Over England (May 1992) West End Games, {{ISBN|0-87431-342-2}}
  • "Metagames", Wild Cards: Inside Straight (January 22, 2008) Tor Books, {{ISBN|0-7653-1781-8}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/inside-straight-delivered/|title = INSIDE STRAIGHT DELIVERED | George R.R. Martin}}
  • "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda", Wild Cards: Busted Flush (December 9, 2008) Tor, {{ISBN|0-7653-1782-6}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/tor-schedules-busted-flush-for-december/|title = Tor Schedules BUSTED FLUSH for December | George R.R. Martin}}
  • (Amazing Bubbles adventure), Wild Cards: Suicide Kings (December 22, 2009) Tor, {{ISBN|0-7653-1783-4}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/wild-cards-suicide-kings/|title = Wild Cards: Suicide Kings | George R.R. Martin}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/suicide-kings-delivered/|title=SUICIDE KINGS DELIVERED | George R.R. Martin}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=9700|title = Suicide Kings (Wild Cards)}}
  • "Lies My Mother Told Me", Dangerous Women (December 3, 2013) Tor, {{ISBN|0-7653-3206-X}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/dangerous-women-tor-excerpts |title=Dangerous Women Arrives on Tor.com |date=July 24, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |website=Tor.com}}
  • (Amazing Bubbles adventure), Wild Cards: High Stakes (July 10, 2016) Tor, {{ISBN|0-7653-3562-X}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/high-stakes/|title = HIGH STAKES | George R.R. Martin}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/high-stakes-published/|title = High Stakes Published | George R.R. Martin}}
  • "The Flight of Morpho Girl" with Bradley Denton, edited by Martin{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2018/05/02/flight-of-morpho-girl-caroline-spector-bradley-denton/|title = The Flight of Morpho Girl|date = 2 May 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2018/05/02/flight-of-morpho-girl-caroline-spector-bradley-denton/|title=The Flight of Morpho Girl|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2018|publisher=Tor Books}}
  • "Needles and Pins" Wild Cards: Knaves Over Queens (June 18, 2018),{{Cite book|isbn=978-0008283599|title=Knaves over Queens|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|date=28 June 2018}} {{ISBN|0-0082-8359-1}}
  • "Bubbles And The Band Trip" Wild Cards: Texas Hold'em (November 6, 2018),{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37534893-texas-hold-em|title = Texas Hold'em (Wild Cards, #27)}} {{ISBN|0-7653-9059-0}}

=Essays=

  • "Power and Feminism in Westeros", Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, From A "Game of Thrones" to "A Dance with Dragons" (June 26, 2012) BenBella Books, {{ISBN|1-936661-74-8}}

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://carolinespector.com}}

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Category:20th-century American novelists

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Category:American science fiction writers

Category:People from Lockbourne, Ohio

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Category:American women novelists

Category:American role-playing designers

Category:Ultima (series)

Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers

Category:20th-century American women writers

Category:21st-century American women writers

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