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Ed Greenwood

1959 - Today

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Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the creator of the Forgotten Realms game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for Dragon magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to TSR, the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, in 1986. He has written many Forgotten Realms novels, as well as numerous articles and D&D game supplement books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Ed Greenwood is the 6,931st most popular writer (down from 6,771st in 2024), the 902nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 817th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among writers, Ed Greenwood ranks 6,931 out of 7,302. Before him are Amor Towles, Hamid Mir, Ransom Riggs, Brigitte Vasallo, Esteban Navarro, and Es'kia Mphahlele. After him are Charles Krauthammer, Roya Hakakian, Laurie Lee, Koenraad Elst, Valerie Plame, and Lutz Seiler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ed Greenwood ranks 703. Before him are Jill Bolte Taylor, Mai Masri, Debrah Farentino, Pirkko Määttä, Marc Shaiman, and Eric Fellner. After him are Josef Reiter, Mary Crosby, Jody Watley, Koenraad Elst, Marek Ostrowski, and Sergei Alifirenko.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ed Greenwood ranks 903 out of 1,622. Before him are Lisa Jakub (1978), Alison Pill (1985), Michael Brook (1952), Dylan Neal (1969), Dean McDermott (1966), and Jeremy Ratchford (1965). After him are Tyler Labine (1978), Caroline Dhavernas (1978), Daniel Cudmore (1981), Jessica Lucas (1985), Sylvie Fréchette (1967), and Tracy Spiridakos (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Ed Greenwood ranks 48. Before him are Cory Doctorow (1971), Deborah Ellis (1960), Timothy Findley (1930), John Ralston Saul (1947), Gregory Colbert (1960), and Robert C. Cooper (1968). After him are Emily St. John Mandel (1979), Mavis Gallant (1922), Geoff Ryman (1951), Nelly Arcan (1973), Anne Michaels (1958), and Eleanor Catton (1985).

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