Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian-born fantasy writer and the original 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.