Kevin Archibald is a long time gamer and general geek. Into all things creative, he ... He (barely) maintains an on agai
Bios for The Unconventional Dwarf Tof Eklund Tof Eklund is a genderqueer writer, critic, and scholar. After a bookish childhood obsessed with Tolkien and the Muppets, ze went on to complete zir Doctorate in English at the University of Florida with a dissertation on visual narrative in Comic Books and Video Games. Tof teaches Creative Writing at Full Sail University and writes everything from game criticism to romantic erotica. Zir interests include feminist and gender theory, strategy games, and line art. Tof lives in Orlando with zir amazing wife, crazy-cute toddler, and geriatic cat. You can follow Tof online at www.tofeklund.net. Kevin Archibald Kevin Archibald is a long time gamer and general geek. Into all things creative, he spends his time reading, sketching, writing, nit-picking movies, building monsters in his basement, and constructing functional weapons from legos. Some of his art can be found at darthbeandip.deviantart.com. Malcom Dale Malcolm Dale is a graphic designer managing a studio in Auckland, New Zealand. He has been playing and running roleplaying games for thirty years, but has always been too cheap to buy them and had to make them up himself. This culminated in writing, with his friend Klaude Thomas, GURPS Goblins for Steve Jackson's GURPS series - an "unconventional" take on goblin society set in Dickensian London ("Life in London is nasty, brutish and short, and so are you"). He then ran out of steam and faded to oblivion... until now. You can find out a little bit more about him at www.gardyneholt.co.nz/team/37/Malcolm+Dale. Rhiannon Reyes Rhiannon Reyes, a.k.a. Rhyan Johnson Lear, rides from one adventure to the next as a musician, artist, and writer. Unwilling to settle on any one thing, she acquired a license to DO ALL THE THINGS with degrees in game art and creative writing. An occasional critic/clown for the Metal News Online network, Rhiannon is busy writing and recording her first album with Even Death May Die. Special thanks to members Sean Johnson and Dave Hundley for being soundboards on this project. You guys are total nerds. Jeremiah Smith Jeremiah Smith is a comedy, sci-fi, and fantasy writer based in Los Angeles, CA. Currently, he's developing a family comedy TV series with Indigo Veil Media. He's a fan of all video games, movies, TV shows, or books that make people think or try to
do something just a little bit different. Since starting work on his portion of The Unconventional, he's become a fan of tabletop games, which, to no one's surprise, are totally freaking awesome. If only he'd discovered these earlier. Sigh. So much time lost. Jennifer Brown My name is Jennifer Brown. I am a sequential artist and a web comic artist from 1998 to present. You can see samples of my work at rollerboyjeremy.deviantart.com and ladytwinkle.deviantart.com. I am currently a full time wardrobe attendant at Cirque du Soliel La’Nouba in Orlando Florida. I always dreamed of becoming a comic artist. Ever since I was old enough to hold a crayon. My mother was very supportive of this newfound talent. She actually designated a wall in my room, and told me: “This is your wall. You can do what ever you want on THIS wall.” I’ve been drawing on walls and everything else ever since. Amy Walraven My name is Amy K Walraven and I am a writer and creative entrepreneur. My gaming experience began with a crush: my first D&D campaign was played in the back of a video rental store, and I was there because of a boy. A solid emotional foundation has taken me through many genres of writing, including poetry, drama, comedy, and game writing. Thank you to my children and grandchildren for being a constant inspiration. I am currently working on my PhD, finishing my video game Rum Runner and chasing my life-long dream of being a full-time writer. Google me: I'll have a website, and hopefully press releases, soon. Sean Boyce Sean Boyce spends the majority of his time in reality as a full-time programmer in central Pennsylvania. He supplements his days with freelance tools design and development, primarily for game companies, and game design, and writing. An avid gamer and reader from an early, Sean's deep enthusiasm for mythology and Shakespearean tragedy guided him through near countless RPG campaigns. When not writing code or stories for fun and profit, Sean works on his own smartphone and physical game projects. He (barely) maintains an on-again off-again blog on nerd lifestyle, games, movies, and television at www.boyce3d.com. Jelani Parham Jelani Parham is an artist, illustrator and writer. He is currently working on a webcomic, drafting a fantasy novel, and revising a screenplay. You can find his work online at www.akinink.com.
