James L. Sutter is a co-creator of the Pathfinder and Starfinder Roleplaying Games and the author of the queer young adult romance novel Darkhearts, set in south Seattle. He's also the author of the adult fantasy novels Death's Heretic—a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel—and The Redemption Engine, which won the 2015 Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel. His short stories have appeared in such venues as Nightmare, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and the #1 Amazon best-seller Machine of Death. In addition, he's written comic books, video games, essays in venues like Clarkesworld and Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction, and a wealth of material for tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons. When not writing, James has performed with musical acts ranging from metalcore to musical theater.
