Tracy Hickman
- January 9, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Tracy Hickman |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 26, 1955(1955-11-26) |
| Age | 69 |
| Birthplace | Salt Lake City |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Salt Lake City |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
Tracy Hickman Biography
| Name | Tracy Hickman |
| Birthday | Nov 26 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Salt Lake City |
| Home Town | Salt Lake City |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Parents | Joan P. Hickman, Harold R. Hickman |
| Spouse | Laura Hickman |
| Children(s) | Curtis Hickman, Tasha Hickman, Angel Hickman, Jarod Hickman |
Tracy Hickman is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on November 26, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, United States. Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is an American fantasy author. He is best known for his work on the Dragonlance novels co-written with Margaret Weis. He is also known for authoring role playing games while working for TSR and has cowritten novels with his wife Laura Hickman.
When Tracy and Laura Hickman came to TSR, they brought Pharaoh with them. It was published as the first part of TSR’s Desert of Desolation series (1982-1983). I6 Ravenloft (1983) was also written by Tracy and Laura Hickman. Tracy Hickman also wrote two supplements for TSR’s Gangbusters role-playing game. Tracy and Laura Hickman’s contributions to the D&D module portfolio are credited with initiating a fundamental shift in the RPG module design sensibilities, away from pure dungeon crawl and towards more “cerebral” adventures centered on intriguing plots.
The Hickmans have been publishing game designs together for over twenty-five years including the popular and innovative Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft module in 1983. Says Hickman of the original module, and its 1986 sequel Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill, “I still believe the original Ravenloft modules were perhaps the best that ever had my name on them.” They published their first joint novel, Mystic Warrior, in 2004. Tracy and Laura have been producing their DragonHearth podcast since December 2005.
As he was traveling from Utah to Wisconsin to join TSR, Hickman conceived the idea for a setting to make dragons fearsome once more. At TSR he found other creators who were interested in his project which was called “Project Overlord”. Harold Johnson became the project’s biggest promoter to upper management and convinced Hickman to expand his initial idea of a three- adventure trilogy. Soon after, TSR management announced its intention to develop his series of dragon-based role-playing adventures. Hickman’s proposal resulted in the Dragonlance Chronicles, which led to his association with Margaret Weis. Jean Black, the managing editor of TSR’s book department, picked Hickman and Weis to write Dragons of Autumn Twilight and the rest of the Dragonlance Chronicles series. This was the first project TSR had undertaken that would include adult novels as well as games, calendars, and other spin-off products. The original Dragonlance team was formed under Hickman’s leadership. “Project Overlord” began as a novel and three modules, and beginning in 1984 grew into the first Dragonlance trilogy (by Weis and Hickman) and 15 companion modules. After Dragonlance Chronicles, Hickman and Weis wrote the Dragonlance Legends trilogy, which was published in 1986. By 1987, the Dragonlance project had sold two million books and a half million adventure modules.
Together, Tracy and Laura wrote the original versions of the modules Rahasia and Pharaoh, publishing them privately. Pharaoh was originally published by DayStar West Media in 1980. In 1981, Tracy entered into a business arrangement to produce an arcade immersion game, but his associate disappeared, leaving the Hickmans with $30,000 in debts. Destitute and desperate, Tracy approached TSR with the modules Rahasia and Pharaoh, “literally so that I could buy shoes for my children”. TSR bought the modules, but wanted to hire Tracy as well. Tracy recalls, “They said it would be easier to publish my adventures if I was part of the company. So, we made the move from Utah to Wisconsin. It was a terrifying experience. We had no money. My parents begged us not to venture into such foreign territory to pursue such a bizarre career. My father wrote that there was a secure job as a fry cook in Flagstaff (where my parents were living), and he pleaded with me to come take it.”
Tracy Hickman Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Tracy Hickman is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tracy Hickman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Tracy Hickman was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from Provo High School in 1974. His major interests were drama, music and Air Force JROTC. In 1975, Hickman began two years of service as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was posted to Hawaii for six months while awaiting visa approval, and then he went to Indonesia, where he served in Surabaya, Djakarta and the mountain city of Bandung until 1977.
Hickman married Laura Curtis in 1977, and together they have four children: Angel, Curtis, Tasha, and Jarod.
Hickman had many jobs before joining TSR in 1982, including working as a supermarket stocker, a movie projectionist, a theater manager, a glass worker, a television assistant director and a drill press operator in a genealogy center.
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Who is Tracy Hickman Dating?
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Tracy and Laura Hickman wrote the adventure Out in the Black (2006) for the Serenity Role Playing Game for Margaret Weis Productions. Hickman wrote the screenplay for, produced, and edited the first science-fiction film shot in space, Apogee of Fear.
Facts & Trivia
Tracy Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tracy Hickman celebrates birthday on November 26 of every year.
In 2010, Tracy and Laura Hickman launched a direct-to-internet serialized fantasy series, “Dragon’s Bard” which introduced the concept of “novel as souvenir” where subscribers could download periodical ebook chapters as the book was written and then receive a copy of the physical book upon the completion of the subscription. Hickman called the concept “web like the Dickens” after its merging of 19th century literature serial techniques with modern internet distribution. Eventide and the remaining two books of the series were subsequently contracted for general distribution by Shadow Mountain Publishing in 2012.
Are Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis married?
Tracy Hickman
Period| 1984–present
Genre| Fantasy fiction
Spouse| Laura Curtis (1977–present)
Children| 4
What is the order of the Dragonlance books?
Books
Who owns dragonlance?
Wizards continued to publish Dragonlance novels throughout the ’00s, but they opted not to release additional gaming books. Instead, they licensed those rights out to Weis’s own company, Margaret Weis Productions (originally: Sovereign Press).
Who wrote Dragon Lance?
Novels. The main storyline of the original Dragonlance series has been written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman , with multiple books written by other authors, covering years between and sometimes during the main events.
Do they still make Dragonlance books?
Dragonlance: Dragons of Deceit will be released on August 9, 2022 , marking their first official return to the popular fantasy world in over a decade. Dragons of Deceit is the first in a planned trilogy of novels, all of which will be written by Hickman and Weis.