James L. Sutter
{{Short description|American role-playing game designer}}
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| birth_place = Issaquah, Washington, United States
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James L. Sutter (born March 1984{{cite web|title=James L. Sutter|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?138522|website=Internet Science Fiction Database}}) is an American game designer, author, and musician,{{cite web|title=James L. Sutter|url=http://jameslsutter.com/}} best known for co-creating the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Starfinder Roleplaying Game, serving as Starfinder's original Creative Director.{{Cite web|url=http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5litw?Announcing-the-Starfinder-Roleplaying-Game|title=paizo.com - Paizo / Paizo Blog|website=paizo.com|access-date=2016-05-30}}
Career
James L. Sutter joined Paizo Publishing as an Assistant Editor on Dungeon Magazine before working as both a developer and editor to help create the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. He currently serves as Paizo's Executive Editor,{{cite web|last1=Moher|first1=Aiden|title=Interview with James L. Sutter|url=http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2015/07/interview-with-james-l-sutter/#more-17924|website=A Dribble of Ink}} and commissions all the Pathfinder Tales novels.{{cite web|title=What Roleplaying Teaches Writers|url=http://torforgeblog.com/2015/06/01/what-roleplaying-teaches-writers/|website=Tor/Forge Blog|date=June 2015}} In 2016, he was announced as the Creative Director in charge of the new Starfinder Roleplaying Game for Paizo. He has written several novels, game books, and short stories in such publications as Machine of Death, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Escape Pod and Podcastle. He also published the young adult novel Darkhearts (2023).
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Novels
- Death's Heretic (2011, finalist for the Compton Crook Award{{cite web|title=James L. Sutter|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/jameslsutter|website=Macmillan Website}})
- The Redemption Engine (2014, winner of the Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel{{cite web|title=2015 Scribe Award Winners|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/07/2015-scribe-awards-winners/|website=Locus Online|date=13 July 2015}})
- Darkhearts (2023)
- The Ghost of Us (2024)
References
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