Jess Hartley
Encyclopedia
Christina K. Hartley (born December 11, 1967) is an American
novelist, writer, game creator, and editor.
Hartley is the author of the novel Exalted: In Northern Twilight
published by White Wolf Publishing
, and Little Yoshida, a novel published as an electronic serial, by Mind Storm Labs
. She has been an author of, and contributing writer to, nearly forty role-playing games and game products (RPG)
books from White Wolf Publishing/CCP North America, and Margaret Weis Productions, as well as the editor for several projects from Steampower Publishing and Rogue Games.
From 2002-2005, Hartley produced the ongoing feature article, Forsoothly Spoken, for Renaissance Magazine
as well as doing book reviews for the publication.
In August of 2009, Hartley debuted One Geek To Another, an advice, ethics and etiquette blog for the geek community. In 2010, One Geek To Another was nominated for an ENnie Award in the category of Best Blog.
Hartley was born in San Rafael, California
and raised in the Willamette Valley
of Oregon
. She lived for several years in Easthampton, Massachusetts
and then in Bisbee, Arizona
. In October of 2010, she returned to her native NW, and now resides in Gresham, Oregon
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
novelist, writer, game creator, and editor.
Hartley is the author of the novel Exalted: In Northern Twilight
Exalted
Exalted is a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing. The game is classified as high fantasy, but may be more accurately described as "mythic fantasy", as the developer specifically avoided drawing on J. R. R. Tolkien, but rather turned to a mixture of world mythologies for inspiration...
published by White Wolf Publishing
White Wolf, Inc.
White Wolf Publishing is an American gaming and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant and White Wolf Magazine, and was initially led by Mark Rein·Hagen of the former and Steve and Stewart Wieck of the latter. Since White Wolf Publishing, Inc. merged with...
, and Little Yoshida, a novel published as an electronic serial, by Mind Storm Labs
Mind Storm Labs
Mind Storm Labs is a media production company located in Ottawa, Ontario; Houston, Texas and Orlando, Florida. Their primary focus is on the production of table top role-playing games....
. She has been an author of, and contributing writer to, nearly forty role-playing games and game products (RPG)
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
books from White Wolf Publishing/CCP North America, and Margaret Weis Productions, as well as the editor for several projects from Steampower Publishing and Rogue Games.
From 2002-2005, Hartley produced the ongoing feature article, Forsoothly Spoken, for Renaissance Magazine
Renaissance Magazine
Renaissance Magazine is a glossy American magazine published every other month. Each issue comprises approximately 90 pages, and includes articles about the contemporary renaissance faire experience, medieval and renaissance history, castles, heraldry, cooking, and interviews with key individuals...
as well as doing book reviews for the publication.
In August of 2009, Hartley debuted One Geek To Another, an advice, ethics and etiquette blog for the geek community. In 2010, One Geek To Another was nominated for an ENnie Award in the category of Best Blog.
Hartley was born in San Rafael, California
San Rafael, California
San Rafael is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...
and raised in the Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley
The Willamette Valley is the most populated region in the state of Oregon of the United States. Located in the state's northwest, the region is surrounded by tall mountain ranges to the east, west and south and the valley's floor is broad, flat and fertile because of Ice Age conditions...
of Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
. She lived for several years in Easthampton, Massachusetts
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Easthampton is the second largest city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is on the southeastern edge of an area called the Pioneer Valley near the five colleges in the college towns of Northampton and Amherst, MA...
and then in Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177...
. In October of 2010, she returned to her native NW, and now resides in Gresham, Oregon
Gresham, Oregon
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...
.
Current projects
- The Shattered Glass Project - An urban fairy tale story and an experiment in patronage sponsored art.
Novels
- Little Yoshida (2010) PDF Download
- Exalted: In Northern Twilight (2004) ISBN 1588468615
Short Stories/Anthologies
- Hunger's Child, in Human Tales (2011) ISBN 0983099332
- To Duty Bound, in The Crimson Pact, Volume 1 (2011) ISBN 0983263159
- Stigmatized Property, in Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas (2009) ISBN 0981963722
Essays/Nonfiction
- Rolling In the Aisles, in Bones: Us and Our Dice (2010) ISBN 0981884016
- Zooloretto, in Family Games: The 100 Best (2010) ISBN 1934547212
- Conventions for the Aspiring Game Professional (2009) PDF Download
Role-playing games and supplements
- The Fear-Maker's Promise Compendium (2011) ISBN 978-158846-464-4
- Supernatural Adventures (2010) ISBN 1931567638
- Goblin Markets (Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
) (2010) PDF Download - City in the Sand (Minds Eye Theater - Vampire: The RequiemVampire: The RequiemVampire: The Requiem is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the World of Darkness, and the successor to the Vampire: The Masquerade line. It was first released in August 2004, together with a new core rule book for the World of Darkness...
) (2010) PDF Download - Personae - Ready Made Characters (Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
) (2009) PDF Download - Nosferatu - The Beast That Hunts The Blood (Vampire: The RequiemVampire: The RequiemVampire: The Requiem is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the World of Darkness, and the successor to the Vampire: The Masquerade line. It was first released in August 2004, together with a new core rule book for the World of Darkness...
) (2009) ISBN 1588463516 - Geist: The Sin-Eaters (2009) ISBN 158846377X
- Collection of Horrors: No Escape (Hunter: The VigilHunter: The VigilHunter: The Vigil is a game line from White Wolf, announced on January 2, 2008, and released on August 14, 2008, when the sponsors for the second Free RPG Day were announced. It is the sixth game line to be part of the World of Darkness and the spiritual successor of Hunter: The Reckoning from the...
)(2009) PDF Download - Slashers (Hunter: The VigilHunter: The VigilHunter: The Vigil is a game line from White Wolf, announced on January 2, 2008, and released on August 14, 2008, when the sponsors for the second Free RPG Day were announced. It is the sixth game line to be part of the World of Darkness and the spiritual successor of Hunter: The Reckoning from the...
) (2009) ISBN 1588467449 - Swords at Dawn (Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
) (2009) ISBN 1588463702 - Dancers in the Dusk (Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
) (2009) ISBN 1588463613 - The Selfish Succubus (Instant Antagonists) (2009) PDF Download
- The Rose-Bride's Plight (Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
) (2008) PDF Download - Innocents (World of DarknessWorld of Darkness"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...
)(2008) ISBN 1588467139 - Scion: God (Scion(roleplaying game)ScionScion may refer to:*In kinship, a descendant , a son or daughter*Scion , a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant which is grafted onto the stock...
)(2008) ISBN 1588464709 - Rites of Spring (Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
)(2008) ISBN 1588467163 - Midnight Roads (World of DarknessWorld of Darkness"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...
) (2008) ISBN 1588467120 - Lords of Summer (Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
) (2008) ISBN 1588467155 - The Silver Ladder (Mage: The AwakeningMage: The AwakeningMage: The Awakening is a role-playing game developed by White Wolf, Inc. and based in their World of Darkness setting. The characters portrayed in this game are individuals able to bend or break the commonly-accepted rules of reality to perform subtle or outlandish acts of magic. These characters...
) (2008) ISBN 1588464385 - Hunter: The VigilHunter: The VigilHunter: The Vigil is a game line from White Wolf, announced on January 2, 2008, and released on August 14, 2008, when the sponsors for the second Free RPG Day were announced. It is the sixth game line to be part of the World of Darkness and the spiritual successor of Hunter: The Reckoning from the...
(2008) ISBN 158846718X - Witch Finders (Hunter: The VigilHunter: The VigilHunter: The Vigil is a game line from White Wolf, announced on January 2, 2008, and released on August 14, 2008, when the sponsors for the second Free RPG Day were announced. It is the sixth game line to be part of the World of Darkness and the spiritual successor of Hunter: The Reckoning from the...
) (2008) ISBN 1588467228 - Autumn Nightmares (Changeling: The Lost) (2007) ISBN 1588465314
- Reliquary (World of DarknessWorld of Darkness"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...
) (2007) ISBN 158846492X - The Mysterium (Mage: The AwakeningMage: The AwakeningMage: The Awakening is a role-playing game developed by White Wolf, Inc. and based in their World of Darkness setting. The characters portrayed in this game are individuals able to bend or break the commonly-accepted rules of reality to perform subtle or outlandish acts of magic. These characters...
) (2007) ISBN 1588464342 - The Free Council (Mage: The AwakeningMage: The AwakeningMage: The Awakening is a role-playing game developed by White Wolf, Inc. and based in their World of Darkness setting. The characters portrayed in this game are individuals able to bend or break the commonly-accepted rules of reality to perform subtle or outlandish acts of magic. These characters...
) (2007) ISBN 1588464326 - Changeling: The LostChangeling: The LostChangeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the new World of Darkness setting...
(2007) ISBN 1588465276 - Scion: Demigod ( Scion(roleplaying game)ScionScion may refer to:*In kinship, a descendant , a son or daughter*Scion , a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant which is grafted onto the stock...
) (2007) ISBN 1588464695 - Saturnine Nights (Promethean: The CreatedPromethean: The CreatedPromethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness.The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra. The characters are individuals created by first dismembering and reassembling human...
) (2007) ISBN 1588466094 - Magnum Opus (Promethean: The CreatedPromethean: The CreatedPromethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness.The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra. The characters are individuals created by first dismembering and reassembling human...
) (2007) ISBN 1588466086 - Strange Alchemies (Promethean: The CreatedPromethean: The CreatedPromethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness.The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra. The characters are individuals created by first dismembering and reassembling human...
) (2006) ISBN 1588466078 - Pandoras Book (Promethean: The CreatedPromethean: The CreatedPromethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness.The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra. The characters are individuals created by first dismembering and reassembling human...
) (2006) ISBN 1588464881 - Compass of the Celestial Directions 1 - The Blessed Isle (ExaltedExaltedExalted is a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing. The game is classified as high fantasy, but may be more accurately described as "mythic fantasy", as the developer specifically avoided drawing on J. R. R. Tolkien, but rather turned to a mixture of world mythologies for inspiration...
) (2006) ISBN 1588466906 - Skinchangers (World of DarknessWorld of Darkness"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...
) (2006) ISBN 1588463354 - Predators (Werewolf: The ForsakenWerewolf: The ForsakenWerewolf: The Forsaken is a role-playing game set in the new World of Darkness created by White Wolf Game Studio. It is the successor to Werewolf: The Apocalypse, the "game of savage horror" from the old World of Darkness line of games, but has moved to a more personal sort of horror, reflecting...
) (2005) ISBN 1588463265
Editing/Development Roles
- Reliquary (World of DarknessWorld of Darkness"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...
for White Wolf Publishing - Developer (2008) - The Future Soldier's Battlefield Handbook for Steampower Publishing - Editor (2007)
- The Lemurian Candidate for Steampower Publishing - Editor (2006)
Public Appearances
Jess Hartley has appeared in public at the following events, conventions, and conferences.- SnafuCon - Reno, NV: October 22-23, 2010 (Guest of Honor)
- NeonCon - Las Vegas, NV: November 5-8, 2009 (Guest of Honor)
- Fan Expo - Toronto, Ontario, CA: August 28-30, 2009 (Featured Gaming Guest)
- I-Con - Stony Brook, NY: April 3-5, 2009 (Gaming Guest of Honor), March 26-28, 2010 (Gaming Guest of Honor)
- RinCon - Tucson, AZ: October 31-November 2, 2008 (Guest of Honor), October 9-11, 2009 (Guest of Honor)
- Phoenix ConGames - Phoenix, AZ: June 13-15, 2008 (Guest of Honor)
- Anime North - Toronto, Ontario, CA: May 23-25, 2008 (Gaming Guest of Honor), May 22-24, 2009 (Gaming Guest of Honor)
- Game Dayz - Mesa, AZ: November 10, 2007 (Guest of Honor)
- Connecticon - Hartford, CT: July 13-15, 2007 (Gaming Guest of Honor), August 1-3, 2008 (Gaming Guest of Honor)
- EconoCon - Plymouth, NH: April 6-8, 2007 (Guest of Honor)
- UBcon - Buffalo, NY: April 13-15, 2007 (Guest of Honor), April 11-13, 2008 (Guest of Honor), April 9-11, 2011 (Guest of Honor)
- LunaCon - Rye, NY: March 16-18, 2007 (Panelist)
- ConBust - Northampton, MA: March 5, 2007 (Guest)
- GenCon - Indianapolis, IN: August 10-13, 2006 (Panelist), August 14-17, 2007 (Panelist), August 13-16, 2009 (Panelist)
- Origins - Columbus, OH: June 30-July 2, 2006 (Panelist)
- OurCon - Amherst, MA: April 7-9, 2006 (Guest of Honor), May 4-6, 2007 (Guest of Honor)
- Boskone - Boston, MA: February 17-18, 2006 (Panelist)
- Arisia - Boston, MA: January 13-15, 2006 (Panelist), January 12-14, 2007 (Panelist)
- GenCon SoCal - Anaheim, CA: November 18-25, 2005 (Panelist)
Media Mentions
Jess Hartley has appeared in the following newspaper and magazine articles, websites and podcasts.Websites/Blogs
- Flames Rising: Interviewed with Eddy Webb, Monica Valentinelli and Kelley Barnes on 7 April, 2011;The Shattered Glass Project on 21 March, 2010; Guest Blog - 13 Halloween Etiquette Tips From One Geek To Another; Interviewed on August 13, 2008 by Jeremy Jones: Jess Hartley, Freelance Author & Editor Interview
- The Successful Dilettante: Interviewed on April 20, 2007 by Susan Henderson.
- The Escapist: Appeared on Tell Me About Your Character on May 19, 2006.
Podcasts
- RPG Countdown: Jess appeared on the following episodes: 22 April 2009 (Collection of Horrors), 15 July 2009 (Ready-Made Player Characters (Changeling: The Lost)), 12 August 2009 (City in the Sand), 9 September 2009 (Geist: The Sin-Eaters).
- Tri Tac Games Podcast: Jess appeared on the following episodes: 14 March 2011 (Episode 61: Gender Issues with Jess Hartley).
- Fear The Boot Jess appeared on the following episodes: 29 July 2007 (Interview Episode 4 - Changeling: The Lost)
Video Appearances
- GamesU 2009: Women in Gaming panel, featuring Jess Hartley, Monica Valentinelli and Juliet Meyers, 2009
- Planet Access. Live Video Interview Recorded at Connecticon 2007.
External links
- Jess Hartley Official Web site
- Amazon.com Author List
- Interview at FlamesRising.com
- http://www.facebook.com/jesshartleyJess Hartley on FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
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