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My Take
Tracy Hickman is one of the people who genuinely shaped how fantasy reaches readers. With Margaret Weis he turned a tabletop campaign into the Dragonlance novels, doing something I find quietly revolutionary: dissolving the wall between playing a story and reading one. Add his game design work at TSR, the books co-written with his wife Laura, and a catalogue of over sixty titles, and you have a career built on collaboration rather than the lone-genius myth. I respect creators who keep partners at the center of their work. Hickman essentially showed a generation that the games on our table could become the books on our shelves.
Overview
Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is an American fantasy author and designer of games and virtual reality (VR) experiences. He co-authored the original Dragonlance novels with Margaret Weis as well as numerous other books. He also designed and created role playing game material while working for TSR and has cowritten novels with his wife, Laura Hickman. He is the author or co-author of over 60 books.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tracy Hickman
- Name (Japanese)
- トレイシー・ヒックマン
- Reading
- とれいしー・ひっくまん
- Born
- November 26, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / science fiction writer / game designer / role-playing game designer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Provo High School
- University
- Brigham Young University
Awards & achievements
- 2015 Whitney Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.