Dave Gross

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-06

Dave Gross is an American-born game designer and author, raised primarily in Virginia after being born in Michigan, who has lived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has worked extensively as a writer, editor, and teacher, holding editorial positions at Polyhedron, Dungeon, Dragon, Star Wars Gamer, and Amazing Stories, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Star Wars Insider from 2002 to 2004. He initiated Paizo's Pathfinder Tales line with the first Pathfinder novel, Prince of Wolves (2010), and went on to write the six-part novella Hell's Pawns and the novels Master of Devils, Queen of Thorns, King of Chaos, and Lord of Runes, along with short fiction in Pathfinder adventure modules and web fiction. He also worked as lead writer for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. His Forgotten Realms fiction includes stories in the Realms of Magic, Realms of Mystery, and Realms of the Dragons anthologies, and the novels Black Wolf (2001) and Lord of Stormweather (2003).

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Books

• An Opportunity for Profit (1998) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Halls of Stormweather (2000) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Black Wolf (2001) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Lord of Stormweather (2003) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Mistress of the Night (2004) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 40 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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