Miranda Horner
Encyclopedia
Miranda Horner is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for various roleplaying games, including Dungeons & Dragons
and the Star Wars roleplaying game.
, was raised in Texas, and moved to Kansas City shortly before attending college there. Growing up, she read fantasy books such as TSR
's Endless Quest
series, and the Dragonlance
Chronicles trilogy, and she also watched the Dungeons & Dragons
cartoon; this led to an interest in role-playing games. She originally wanted to be an accountant, but after taking classes on Accounting and other business subjects, she decided she would rather study History and English Literature as she wanted to edit fantasy books: "Since TSR was close to my grandparents' house in Illinois, I made it my goal to somehow get into TSR." Horner began making contacts in the gaming industry at Gen Con
, and met her future husband Shaun at a roleplaying convention. West End Games
hired Horner as an editor in 1994, shortly after she got married, and she was hired by TSR eight months later. Horner edited many game books for TSR, particularly for D&D and Dragonlance, and also wrote short stories. She later worked as an editor with the role-playing games R&D group at Wizards of the Coast
.
in 1995 before coming to work for TSR
on several Dungeons & Dragons game products from 1996-2000. After that, she began producing materials for several third-party publishers.
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
and the Star Wars roleplaying game.
Biography
Miranda Horner was born in Waukegan, IllinoisWaukegan, Illinois
Waukegan is a city and county seat of Lake County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 87,901. The 2010 population was 89,078. It is the ninth-largest city in Illinois by population...
, was raised in Texas, and moved to Kansas City shortly before attending college there. Growing up, she read fantasy books such as TSR
TSR, Inc.
Blume and Gygax, the remaining owners, incorporated a new company called TSR Hobbies, Inc., with Blume and his father, Melvin Blume, owning the larger share. The former assets of the partnership were transferred to TSR Hobbies, Inc....
's Endless Quest
Endless Quest
The Endless Quest books were two series of gamebooks released by TSR. These books were the result of an Educational department established by TSR to develop curriculum programs for reading, math, history, and problem solving....
series, and the Dragonlance
Dragonlance
Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application...
Chronicles trilogy, and she also watched the Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1985 through 1987 for three seasons on CBS for a total of twenty seven episodes.The show focused on a...
cartoon; this led to an interest in role-playing games. She originally wanted to be an accountant, but after taking classes on Accounting and other business subjects, she decided she would rather study History and English Literature as she wanted to edit fantasy books: "Since TSR was close to my grandparents' house in Illinois, I made it my goal to somehow get into TSR." Horner began making contacts in the gaming industry at Gen Con
Gen Con
Gen Con is one of the largest and most prominent annual gaming conventions in North America. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card-style games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, board games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, non-collectible...
, and met her future husband Shaun at a roleplaying convention. West End Games
West End Games
West End Games was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania...
hired Horner as an editor in 1994, shortly after she got married, and she was hired by TSR eight months later. Horner edited many game books for TSR, particularly for D&D and Dragonlance, and also wrote short stories. She later worked as an editor with the role-playing games R&D group at Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
.
Works
Miranda Horner worked for West End GamesWest End Games
West End Games was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania...
in 1995 before coming to work for TSR
TSR, Inc.
Blume and Gygax, the remaining owners, incorporated a new company called TSR Hobbies, Inc., with Blume and his father, Melvin Blume, owning the larger share. The former assets of the partnership were transferred to TSR Hobbies, Inc....
on several Dungeons & Dragons game products from 1996-2000. After that, she began producing materials for several third-party publishers.