Tracy Hickman
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Hickman at the 2006 Dragon Con
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| Born | Tracy Raye Hickman November 26, 1955 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Occupation | Novelist, game designer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1984–present |
| Genre | Fantasy fiction |
| Spouse | Laura Curtis (1977–present) |
| Children | 4 |
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Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is a best-selling fantasy author who has written, or co-written dozens of novels. He is best known for his work as a writer on the Dragonlance novels. He is also known for authoring role playing games while working for TSR.
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.
Within four months of his return to the United States he married his high school sweetheart, Laura Curtis.Laura was the inspiration for Lauranlanthalasa (Laurana) Kanan.
Hickman eventually attended Brigham Young University.
Hickman had many jobs before joining TSR in 1982, including working as a supermarket stockboy, a movie projectionist, a theater manager, a glass worker, a television assistant director and a drill press operator in a genealogy center.
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."
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