Thomas M. Reid

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Thomas M. Reid is an American author and game designer born December 23, 1966, in Fort Collins, Colorado. He earned a B.A. in History from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989, having also studied at the University of Houston, where he minored in creative writing, and the University of Texas at Arlington. He worked for about a decade at TSR, Inc. and its successor Wizards of the Coast as an editor and creative director, contributing to Dungeons & Dragons products across the Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Planescape, and Star Wars lines, before returning to Texas to write full-time. His notable novels include The Temple of Elemental Evil (2001), Insurrection (2002), the second book in R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen series, and The Emerald Scepter (2005). He also wrote Gridrunner for the Star*Drive setting. He resides in the Texas Hill Country with his wife Teresa and their three children.

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Books

• Insurrection (2002) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Sapphire Crescent (2003) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Ruby Guardian (2004) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Emerald Scepter (2005) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Gossamer Plain (2007) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Fractured Sky (2008) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Crystal Mountain (2009) · 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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