Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, which became the setting for his home D&D game in 1975. Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications.
Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.
In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.
Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG series. Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada.
Absolutely indispensable resource for Forgotten Realms lore, whether for tabletop gaming, story-writing or online roleplay. Although it was made for 2nd Edition AD&D, much of the information is relevant up to 3.5 and even beyond. Much of the information can be found on websites of course as with most older AD&D canon, but the maps, illustrations of runestones, and outline of the complex Dwarven alphabet makes this worth owning.