Bill Smith
Bill Smith has many Star Wars writing credits including books from the Essential Guides and from the West End Games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.
Biography
Bill Smith was born in 1969, and by the eighth grade was an avid roleplaying gamer. He received a bachelor's degree from the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York, and became an editor for a trade magazine. In November of 1990, Smith submitted his resume to West End Games at the suggestion of a friend, and his editing and gaming experience earned him a spot on the WEG staff.
He immediately set to work designing adventures for Torg, another WEG product, then Cracken's Rebel Field Guide and quickly became the Star Wars roleplaying game line editor in 1991. After Smith had worked at WEG for a year, he got the opportunity to create the Second edition, which saw publication in 1992. During his time at West End Games, in 1995, he was voted "Favorite Designer" by the Role-Playing Game Association "Gamers' Choice - Hall of Fame" Awards. (The RPGA is the world's largest organization for role-playing game enthusiasts.) He left West End Games in 1997.
Smith is currently in his "early thirties," and lives with his wife Amy and two poodles in central Pennsylvania. When he is not busy writing and editing, he enjoys speding time at the local dirt tracks watching stock car and sprint car racing.
Star Wars contributions
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- Star Wars Gamemaster Kit, author
- Cracken's Rebel Field Guide, editor
- Cracken's Rebel Operatives, editor
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One, author
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second edition, author
- The Abduction of Crying Dawn Singer, editor
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley, editor
- Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts, author
- Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim, editor
- Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters, editor
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, Second Edition, editor
- Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations, editor
- Creatures of the Galaxy, editor
- "The Tyaonon Ranger: A Fast Ship for Star Wars Campaigns," Polyhedron 100, author
- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology, editor
- Flashpoint! Brak Sector, editor
- Alliance Intelligence Reports, author
- The DarkStryder Campaign, author and editor
- "The Battle of Cadinth," Star Wars Galaxy 2, author
- Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens - Enemies and Allies, editor
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, author
- The Rebel Alliance: Ships of the Fleet, author
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology, author
- The Black Sands of Socorro, editor
Other works
- Outlaw Galaxy series
Sources
- Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology, "About the Author"
- "Bill Smith Biography" on his personal site
External links
- http://www.billsmithbooks.com, Bill Smith's personal site