Bill Coffin

Bill Coffin (born September 17, 1970) is a writer of novels and role-playing games in the fantasy and science fiction genres. Perhaps best known for his work at Palladium Books from July 1998 through May 2002, he made significant contributions to several of Palladium's game series, most notably '' Palladium Fantasy'', but also ''Heroes Unlimited'' and '' Rifts'', and created his own game, ''Systems Failure''.

Career

Bill Coffin is a well-received author who made many books for Palladium Books from 1988 through 2002. He was a contributor to both the '' Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing'' and '' Rifts'' role-playing games. In his post-apocalyptic role-playing game ''Systems Failure'' (1999), Y2K really happened. However, due to a conflict with Kevin Siembieda, the president and co-founder of Palladium Books, Coffin left the company, much to the disappointment of his fans. Siembieda wound up firing Coffin over editorial differences and discontent against the ''Rifts Coalition Wars'' (which the two had co-authored). At the time of his departure, Coffin was the lead author of six titles in the final stages of production. He was subsequently demoted to second- and third-author status on two of these books prior to their release, and the other four were ultimately shelved and have not been rescheduled for publication. In addition, having only received limited support from Palladium, ''Systems Failure'' has since gone out of print.

In March 2007, it was revealed that Coffin was working on ''Septimus'', a new campaign setting for the ''D6 Space'' core book for West End Games. However, due to financial concerns, the publisher cancelled the project in March 2008. Shortly thereafter, Coffin declared that he would release the game as a PDF under Evil Hat Productions' ''FATE'' system. In May 2009, West End Games announced that they had agreed to publish ''Septimus'' again and that it would be released August 2009. Eric Gibson released ''Bill Coffin's Septimus'' in 2009 as a PDF, which became the last product released by West End Games. He is currently working on The Dark Britania Saga and will have the third and final book out hopefully before 2014.

Bibliography

Palladium Books

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''Rifts''

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''National Underwriter Life & Health''Bill Coffin: A novelist's blog and everything that goes with it

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