Amanda Hamon Kunz

Amanda Hamon Kunz is an American game designer known for her work on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and other d20 role-playing game products.

Career

Journalist and freelance writer During her time in high school, Kunz joined some friends' long-running Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Deep Magic was subsequently awarded a Judges' Spotlight at the ENnies in 2014. Southlands won an ENnie in 2016 for "Best Cartography".

Paizo Publishing In 2015 she was hired by Paizo as an assistant developer, and moved to Seattle and then Redmond, Washington. By 2017, Kunz was a Development Coordinator for various Pathfinder projects and the new Starfinder game. Starfinder would subsequently win the 2018 Origins Award for Fan Favorite Role-Playing Game.

Wizards of the Coast In December 2020, Hamon announced that she had been hired by Wizards of the Coast as a Senior Designer on Dungeons & Dragons. She is one of the authors of the sourcebook Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021).