Jeff Crook is a novelist, author, and former

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for the

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Works

Jeff Crook's first

Dragonlance ''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' while driving in t ...

novel, ''The Rose and the Skull'', was published in March 1999. His other novels for the Dragonlance setting include ''The Thieves' Guild'' (2000), '' Conundrum'' (2001), and '' Dark Thane'' (2003). One of Crook's stories was also included in the 2000 Dragonlance anthology, ''Rebels and Tyrants''. His story, "The Fractal," appeared in ''Relics and Omens'', his poetry in "The Final Word," and his ''AD&D'' adventures in ''

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'' Magazine. He was later the editor of ''Campaigns'', the newsletter for the Southern Realms region of the

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. He has also had short stories published in the anthology ''The Search for Magic: Tales from the War of Souls'' (2001), and co-authored ''Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, Volume One'' (2001). Crook also wrote short stories for the ''

Sovereign Stone The Sovereign Stone series is a trilogy of fantasy novels: ''Well of Darkness'' (2000), ''Guardians of the Lost'' (2001), and ''Journey into the Void'' (2003), set in the same universe of the '' Sovereign Stone'' Role-playing game. Both the books ...

'' world setting. Crook co-designed the ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...

'' sourcebook, '' Champions of Ruin'', published in 2005 for the

Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a ...

setting. Crook also wrote a

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set in

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called '' The Sleeping and the Dead'', which centers on the life of a former police detective named Jackie Lyons who has the ability to see the dead.

References

External links

Jeff Crook's blog
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