Ree Soesbee is the author of fourteen well-received novels in a wide variety of fantastic worlds that range from mythical samurai to fire-breathing dragons. Once revered as the Storyline Kami for the popular Legend of the Five Rings setting, her more earthly game credits include writing for Star Trek, Dragonlance, Knights of the Silver Dragon, 7th Sea, Vampire: the Masquerade, Edge of Midnight, and Deadlands. Her body of work includes over a hundred RPG texts as well as numerous short story anthologies and contributions to professional literary journals. Currently, she works as a lead writer for the popular online game Guild Wars, writing stories for more than five million active accounts across America, Europe and Asia. Her books have been translated into multiple languages, and she has also done primary writing for gothic role-playing games, collectable card games, and comic books. Her work has been nominated for four Origins awards for excellence.

She has Bachelor's Degrees both in Literature and in Dramatics, as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree complete with formal thesis in Celtic Mythology. She studied for her PhD at the University of Chapel Hill, and began her thesis there on the Edo era literature of Japan. She is a member of MENSA and an avid Ripperologist, studying the Whitechapel murders in detail in her spare time. She is a frequent speaker and guest for community groups as well as major conventions such as PAX, GenCon, Origins and ICC Camarilla.

In addition to her literary work, Ree designs and develops online games, reads Ayn Rand as well as Anne McCaffrey, and travels. She studies Japanese, Latin, and the Greek philosophers, and has been awarded green belts in both Aikido and Kenjutsu. Born in Delaware, she has lived in North Carolina, Los Angeles and now Seattle, where she designs massively multiplayer video games and serves as Companion to the Grand Adventurer of Cats.

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