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| Child-genius-prodigy
(Honorable Mention at Mrs. Slowinsky's third grade "Finger-painting
Challenge"), artist-writer-type-of-guy Tony DiTerlizzi, was born
in California in 1969 (Yes, that was the "Summer of Love",
and yes, Tony was a product of that loving that occurred during that
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Growing
up in a creative household, Tony's heroes include the likes of Norman
Rockwell, Arthur Rackham, Dr. Suess, that Roald Dahl guy, and Fozzie Bear. |
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He
attended a couple of art schools (because he was really bad at Math and
had to drop out until he got it right) which were Florida
School of the Arts
and The
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. |
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His
early work in 1992 for TSR's
Dungeon
& Dragons
game earned him attention in the field of role-playing fantasy games (RPGs).
He helped create several worlds for the RPG market such as Planescape
and Changeling. |
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Tony
continued to work in the gaming field for most of the 90's including
working for Wizards
of the Coast and
their mega-hit-gazillion-dollar collectible card game, Magic
the Gathering. |
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By
early 2000, he became author and illustrator of such spectacular literary
masterpieces as Ted
and Jimmy
Zangwow's Out-of-this-World Moon Pie Adventure,
both published by Simon
& Schuster Books.
He has also doodled in other books such as Alien
& Possum,
Ribbiting
Tales
and Dinosaur
Summer. |
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He
rules the kingdom of Brooklyn, in the land of New York, with his wife
Angela as queen, and their pug-dog, Goblin as...well...a...goblin. |
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