Anne K. Brown is a writer and editor in the

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industry.

Career

Brown began working as an Assistant editor for ''

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'' magazine in 1989, on issues #147 to #151 (July–November 1989). She was later transferred to TSR's Games Division. She worked mostly as an editor, although she did design a number of modules and supplements including ''

Falcon's Revenge ''Falcon's Revenge'' is an Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons), adventure module published in 1990 for the ''Dungeons & Dragons, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Falcon's Revenge'' is an adventure scenario in wh ...

'', ''

Falconmaster ''Falconmaster'' is an adventure module published in 1990 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Falconmaster'' is the sequel to ''Falcon's Revenge'', and is an adventure scenario in which the player ch ...

'', and ''Flames of the Falcon'' (

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, 1990, with Richard W. Brown), '' Ship of Horror'' (

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, 1991), ''Unsung Heroes'' (

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, 1992), '' Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog'' (

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, 1992), and ''Children of the Night: Ghosts'' (Ravenloft, 1997). Brown was a vocal advocate within TSR of the

setting, and designed the ''

Player's Guide to Greyhawk The ''Player's Guide'', also known as the ''Greyhawk Player's Guide'' or the ''Player's Guide to Greyhawk'', is a sourcebook for the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Written by Anne Brown, th ...

'' (1998). Brown's ''Player's Guide to Greyhawk'' and

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's ''

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'' and ''

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'' returned TSR to Greyhawk, and according to Shannon Appelcline "moved the setting's metaplot well beyond the Greyhawk Wars to a new era that that was lighter and more magical than that of '' From the Ashes''". Brown left TSR in August 1997, and did work for

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from 2002-2003. She has also written educational nonfiction books for middle schoolers.

Publications

* Co-author of ''The Storyteller’s Thesaurus'' (Chenault & Gray Publishing, 2013) * Author of middle grade biography, ''Roger Federer'' (Lucent Books, 2011) * Author of middle grade biography, ''Katy Perry'' (Lucent Books, 2011) * Author of middle grade nonfiction, ''Migraines'' (Lucent Books, 2010) * Author of middle grade nonfiction, ''Virtual Danger: Staying Safe Online'' (Compass Point Books, 2009) * Author of middle grade biography, ''Gwen Stefani'' (Lucent Books, 2009) * Author of middle grade biography, ''John Adams'' (Blackbirch Press, 2003) * Author of young adult novel, ''Bigby’s Curse'' (TSR, Inc., 1995) * Co-author of fantasy novels, ''Pools of Darkness'' and ''Pool of Twilight'' (TSR, Inc., 1992 & 1993) Short Stories "The Wolf in the Shadows," 2016, ''Lunar Resorts Anthology, The 77 Lost Worlds: An Apocalyptic Space'' game, FireSide Creations LLC

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