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Biography
James L. Sutter (born March 1984) is an American game designer, author, and musician, best known for co-creating the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Starfinder Roleplaying Game, serving as Starfinder's original Creative Director.
Career
James L. Sutter joined Paizo Publishing as an Assistant Editor on Dungeon Magazine before working as both a developer and editor to help create the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. He currently serves as Paizo's Executive Editor, and commissions all the Pathfinder Tales novels. In 2016, he was announced as the Creative Director in charge of the new Starfinder Roleplaying Game for Paizo. He has written several novels, game books, and short stories in such publications as Machine of Death, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Escape Pod and Podcastle.
Novels
- Death's Heretic (2011, finalist for the Compton Crook Award)
- The Redemption Engine (2014, winner of the Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel)