Drew Karpyshynnote (born July 28, 1971) is a Canadian video game developer and novelist. He started as the former (working as a writer on a number of BioWare projects) and gradually shifted to the latter (partly by way of video game Novelizations and Tie-Ins), but as of late 2015, is now doing both.
Video games that Drew Karpyshyn worked on:
- Baldur's Gate II and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
- Neverwinter Nights
- Jade Empire
- Knights of the Old Republic
- Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
Tabletop games that Drew Karpyshyn worked on:
- Odyssey of the Dragonlords, a D&D 5E adventure source book inspired by Classical Mythology and designed by BioWare expats James Ohlen and Jesse Sky, with Karpyshyn doing the additional writing.
Books that Drew Karpyshyn wrote:
- In the Forgotten Realms universe:
- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (a novelization of the game)
- Temple Hill
- In the Mass Effect universe:
- In the Star Wars universe (Legends continuity):
- The Darth Bane trilogy
- Star Wars: The Old Republic tie-ins:
- In his own universe:
- The Chaos Born trilogy (Children of Fire, The Scorched Earth, and Chaos Unleashed)
