Liz Danforth

Liz Danforth
Nationality	American
Known for	Fantasy art, science fiction art, role-playing games, video games

Elizabeth T. Danforth is a creator in the role-playing game and video game industry. Although primarily recognized as an illustrator, she is an editor, writer, game scenario designer, and game developer.

Flying Buffalo hired Danforth as a staff artist and production person in 1978, and her magazine Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978–1983) ran for 17 issues.Ken St. Andre revised the rules of Tunnels & Trolls for the game's fifth edition (1979), which Danforth extensively rewrote and developed. Danforth left Flying Buffalo after its 1985 move to Scottsdale, Arizona. With Michael Stackpole and Ken St. Andre, Danforth published the computer game Wasteland (1988) from Interplay.

Danforth is known primarily as a freelance artist in the fantasy and science fiction genres, with the majority of her body of work illustrating for the game industry between 1976 and 2004. She has created book covers, maps, and illustrations for many of the significant game publishers including Wizards of the Coast, TSR, Inc,Alderac Entertainment Group, FASA Corporation, Iron Crown Enterprises, GDW, and more. She produced over 50 pieces of art for the collectible card game Magic: the Gathering (produced by Wizards of the Coast) as well as an equal quantity of illustrative artwork for the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, Legend of the Five Rings, and many others. Her maps and illustrations appear in novels and anthologies from Bantam Spectra, Tor Books, DAW Books, and St Martin's Press.

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