Greg Farshtey
{{short description|American writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_name = Gregory Todd Farshtey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|14}}
| birth_place = Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.
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| language = English
| alma_mater = State University of New York at Geneseo (BA)
| genre = Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
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Gregory Todd Farshtey (born July 14, 1965) is an American writer professionally known for his work on the Bionicle series of novels (2003–2010),{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/greg-farshtey/|title=Greg Farshtey|work=fantasticfiction.co.uk}} the Bionicle comics (2001–2010), and the Ninjago graphic novel series.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-30 |title=Interview with Greg Farshtey, author of the Bionicle novels |url=https://bionifigs.fr/interview-with-greg-farshtey-author-of-the-bionicle-novels/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Bionifigs |language=fr-FR}}
Early life
Gregory Todd Farshtey was born in Mount Kisco, New York, and grew up in Monroe, New York, and Stamford, Connecticut.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=im0PXs8AwGE 2013 Interview
After graduating with a B.A. in communications from the State University of New York at Geneseo, he worked as a reporter and sports editor before securing an editorial position with West End Games.{{fact|date=December 2024}}
Literary career
Over the next seven years at West End Games, Farshtey authored or co-authored over 35 role-playing game books. Farshtey contributed to the creation of the Shatterzone and Bloodshadows role-playing game universes. His authored works include Dragons Over England (1992), Strange Tales from the Nile Empire (1992), Shattered and Other Stories (1994), The River of God (1992), Hell's Feast (1994), and Demon's Dream (1996).
Farshtey joined the LEGO Group as a writer in late 2000, where he wrote for the LEGO Mania Magazine, LEGO Club Magazine, LEGO Club Jr. Magazine, and the Bionicle comic series.
Farshtey’s work includes novels and short stories written for Bionicle, Exo-Force, Hero Factory, and Ninjago. Farshtey was the editorial director at the LEGO Company.
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:American children's writers
Category:American comics writers
Category:American male novelists
Category:American people of Russian descent
Category:American science fiction writers
Category:American comic book editors
Category:American role-playing designers
Category:People from Mount Kisco, New York
Category:People from Monroe, New York
Category:State University of New York at Geneseo alumni