Drew Karpyshyn
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Drew Karpyshyn at Lucca Comics & Games, 2014
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July 28, 1971 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist, game designer |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, science fiction |
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Drew Karpyshyn (born July 28, 1971) is a Canadian video game scenario writer, scriptwriter and novelist. He served as a senior writer for BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and lead writer for the first two Mass Effect video games. He left BioWare to focus on his own projects and Chaos Born novels, and returned to it three years later in 2015.
Karpyshyn was at one point employed as a loan officer. Following a car accident, he quit his job and returned to college, gaining a degree in English. He got his start as a game designer for Wizards of the Coast, and he also has written two novels for Wizards of the Coast, both published in 2001 and both set in the Forgotten Realms setting: Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal and Temple Hill.
Karpyshyn joined the video game company BioWare in 2000. He wrote the scenario and much of the dialogue for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and was one of the lead writers and planners on Jade Empire, as well as working on several games in the Baldur's Gate series. His next major project was the Mass Effect series of games. His third book, Darth Bane: Path of Destruction was published by Del Rey Ballantine Books in 2006.
Mass Effect was named Game of the Year, in addition to receiving four other awards at the 2008 Elan Awards.
Karpyshyn moved to Austin, Texas to help with Star Wars: The Old Republic. He left BioWare in February 2012 to focus more on his own projects. He returned to BioWare 3 years later in 2015. and will focus on the post-release development of SWTOR.
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