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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.
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
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / science fiction writer / game designer / role-playing game designer
2. Background
- High school
- Provo High School
- University
- Brigham Young University
Awards & achievements
- 2015 Whitney Awards
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Tracy Hickman born?
Born November 26, 1955 (age 70).
Where is Tracy Hickman from?
Tracy Hickman is from Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
What does Tracy Hickman do?
Tracy Hickman works as writer, novelist, science fiction writer, game designer, role-playing game designer.
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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 or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.