Caroline Spector (born Caroline Skelley) is a

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

writer who has also written

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

modules and

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hint books. She also spent two years as associate editor at ''

Amazing Stories ''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances i ...

'' magazine. She is a member of

George R. R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels ''A Song ...

's ''

Wild Cards ''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George R. ...

'' consortium, the group of contributing authors to the ongoing ''Wild Cards''

shared world A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where more than one writer (or other artist) independently contributes a work that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, chara ...

original story

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...

series edited by Martin, now in its 22nd volume, and currently published by

Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...

Personal life

Caroline Skelley met writer

Warren Spector Warren Evan Spector (born October 2, 1955) is an American role-playing and video game designer, director, writer, producer and production designer. He is known for creating immersive sim games, which give players a wide variety of choices in how ...

in 1984 at a comic book store in

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

, where she was employed. They were married on April 11, 1987. The couple have at times worked together on game supplements for the '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game.

Works

Gaming

* ''Ultima: The Avatar Adventures (Secrets of the Games series)'' with Rusel DeMaria (May 18, 1992)

Prima Games Prima Games is a publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States. Formerly, Prima was an imprint of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Penguin Random House, and produced print ''strategy guides'', featuring ''in-depth walkth ...

, * ''Ultima VII and Underworld: More Avatar Adventures (Secrets of the Games series)'' (June 1, 1993) Prima Games, * ''Might and Magic Compendium: The Authorized Strategy Guide to Games I-V (Secrets of the Games series)'' (January 10, 1994) Prima Games, * '' Reap the Whirlwind (Marvel Super Heroes Module MX3)'' with

(September 1987)

Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for ga ...

, * '' The Revenge of Kang (Marvel Super Heroes module MT3)'' with

Ray Winninger Ray Winninger is a game designer who has worked on a number of roleplaying games, including the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. He is the former Executive Producer for the Wizards of the Coast ''Dungeons & Dragons'' studio. Care ...

(January 1990) Wizards of the Coast, * ''Top Secret/S.I.: The Web'' (June 1990) Wizards of the Coast,

Novels

* ''Worlds Without End'' (''Shadowrun'' #18) (September 1, 1995)

Roc Books Roc Books is a fantasy imprint of Penguin Group, as part of its New American Library. It was launched in April 1990 after Penguin Chairman Peter Mayer asked John Silbersack, the editor in chief of New American Library's science fiction (SF) prog ...

, * ''Little Treasures'' (Earthdawn, second book in the Immortals Trilogy; no English-language publication.) First edition, in German, ''Kleine Schätze'' (1995) Heyne, * '' Scars: A Lost Novel of Earthdawn'' (December 30, 2005)

Per Aspera Press Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math a ...

Short stories

* "His Cool, Blue Skin", ''Dragons Over England'' (May 1992)

West End Games West End Games (WEG) was a company that made Board game, board, Role-playing game, role-playing, and wargaming, war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product line ...

, * "Metagames", '' Wild Cards: Inside Straight'' (January 22, 2008)

, * "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda", '' Wild Cards: Busted Flush'' (December 9, 2008) Tor, * (Amazing Bubbles adventure), '' Wild Cards: Suicide Kings'' (December 22, 2009) Tor, * "Lies My Mother Told Me", '' Dangerous Women'' (December 3, 2013) Tor, * (Amazing Bubbles adventure), '' Wild Cards: High Stakes'' (July 10, 2016) Tor, * "The Flight of Morpho Girl" with

Bradley Denton Bradley Clayton Denton (born 1958) is an American science fiction author. He has also written other types of fiction, such as the black comedy of his novel ''Blackburn'', about a sympathetic serial killer. He was born in Towanda, Kansas, and atten ...

, edited by Martin * "Needles and Pins" Wild Cards: Knaves Over Queens (June 18, 2018), * "Bubbles And The Band Trip" Wild Cards: Texas Hold'em (November 6, 2018),

Essays

* "Power and Feminism in Westeros", ''Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, From A "Game of Thrones" to "A Dance with Dragons"'' (June 26, 2012)

BenBella Books BenBella Books is an independent publishing house based in Dallas, Texas. BenBella was founded by Glenn Yeffeth in 2001. It specializes in nonfiction books on popular culture, business, health, and nutrition, along with books on science, politics, ...

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