Laura Hickman

Laura Curtis Hickman (born December 7, 1956) is an American fantasy author, best known for her works in game design and fantasy novels cowritten with her husband, Tracy Hickman.

Early life Laura Curtis was born on December 7, 1956, in Long Beach, California. They have four children. Laura Hickman is a member of the LDS Church.

Career

Early on in her marriage, Hickman introduced her husband, Tracy, to the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The two co-wrote modules for the game while living in Provo, resulting in the original versions of the modules Rahasia and Pharaoh, which the Hickmans self-published through DayStar West Media in 1980. Their adventure modules began as "photocopied pages with covers [they] would staple together on the card table in [their] kitchen." The book Dungeon Master For Dummies chose the module as one of the ten best classic adventures and praised the detailed yet concise plot and isometric maps. The book also claims that Ravenloft "inspired game designers and Dungeon Masters to take the art of adventure to the next level." Ravenloft inspired a campaign setting of the same name.

The Hickmans published the Bronze Canticles series together, starting with Mystic Warrior in 2004. Tracy and Laura hosted a podcast called DragonHearth until December 2010. They also wrote the adventure Out in the Black (2006) for the Serenity Role Playing Game for Margaret Weis Productions. Hickman has been involved at writing conferences such as Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers.

Works Game supplements Co-written with Tracy Hickman.

For Dungeons & Dragons: Rahasia (1979) Pharaoh (1980)

For Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft (1983) Dragons of War (1984) Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill (1986) - outline and plot

For the Serenity Role Playing Game: Out in the Black (2006)

Fiction Dragonlance series "Heart of Goldmoon" published in Love and War (Dragonlance) (1987) (co-written with Kate Novak)

Co-written with Tracy Hickman Bronze Canticles series Mystic Warrior (2004) Mystic Quest (2005) Mystic Empire (2006) Tales of the Dragon's Bard series St. Nicholas and the Dragon (2012) Swept Up By the Sea: A Romantic Fairy Tale (2013) Sojourner Tales (2014) The Nightbirds series Unwept (2014) Unhonored (2016)

Non-fiction Baking Outside the Box: Volume 1 The Goody Mix