Jean Wells
- January 9, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Jean Wells |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 25, 1955(1955-07-25) |
| Age | 69 |
| Date Of Death | January 25, 2012 |
| Birthplace | Jacksonville |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Jean Wells Biography
| Name | Jean Wells |
| Birthday | Jul 25 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Jacksonville |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Jean Wells is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on July 25, 1955 in Jacksonville, United States. Jean Wells was born July 25, 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida to Walton and Ellen Loft Wells. During a college canoe camping trip, she participated in an impromptu session of Dungeons & Dragons. She was fascinated by the game, and once back on campus, she quickly ordered her own set of the rules, and joined a local group called the “D&D Gang of Statesmen Complex”. After several gaming sessions, she realized that she liked the role of dungeon master more than player. In her words, “It gave me an opportunity to use my creativity in an area I already liked, Medieval History and Fantasy.”
In 1980, she did the design and layout of Brian Blume’s The Rogues Gallery (which included her own D&D character Ceatitle). She was also the editor of Gary Gygax’s module B2 Keep on the Borderlands, her bestselling piece of design work, since it was included in later printings of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, which sold over one million copies.
The piece of work Wells was best known for, the orange version of Palace of the Silver Princess, is an extremely rare item, since most copies were destroyed before its release. One copy rated in VF/SW condition was sold at auction in March 2008 for $3050, making it the highest price paid for a single non-unique D&D module.
On January 24, 2012, Wells was admitted to hospital, and died early the next morning.
She was the inaugural author of “Sage Advice”, a D&D advice column that first appeared in The Dragon starting with issue #31 in November 1979. She tried to bring some humor to the column, believing that some of her young readers were taking D&D too seriously. One such example appeared in her first column, when she was asked how much damage a bow did in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Her answer was, “None. Bows do not do damage, arrows do. However, if you hit someone with a bow, I’d say it would probably do 1-4 points of damage and thereafter render the bow completely useless for firing arrows.” She continued to handle the “Sage Advice” column until issue #39 (July 1980).
Jean Wells Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jean Wells is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jean Wells 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Oeva Jean Wells Koebernick (July 25, 1955 – January 25, 2012) was an American writer, artist, and editor in the field of role-playing games. She was the first female game designer to be hired by TSR, Inc. Her career at TSR stalled after she wrote a controversial Dungeons & Dragons adventure module that was withdrawn on the eve of publication and subsequently rewritten.
Wells also ordered a subscription of The Dragon from TSR Hobbies, and in the July 1978 issue, she noticed an ad for “an alert and talented person [with] design and editorial talent and a good general knowledge of games” in TSR’s design department. Although she was still at college studying to be an elementary school art teacher, and her only gaming experience was the D&D she had just started playing, she applied for the position. After some back-and- forth correspondence with Gary Gygax during the fall of 1978, she flew to TSR headquarters in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in January 1979 for a three-day visit. Despite her lack of experience, Gygax hired her as the first female in the design department. Wells later recalled that, “he knew I didn’t know how to really write rules… He was hiring my imagination and would teach me the rest.”
Wells married another TSR employee, Corey Koebernick, in 1981. When he was laid off by TSR a few months later, they moved to Beloit, Wisconsin, where she would spend the rest of her life. She did not work again, staying at home to raise their two sons.
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