Photographer Elise Koncsek
James L. Sutter is a co-creator of the Pathfinder and Starfinder Roleplaying Games. Starting out on Dungeon magazine at 20 years old, he moved on to do foundational work for Pathfinder, and eventually became the Creative Director in charge of launching Starfinder as well as the Executive Editor of the Pathfinder Tales novel line from Paizo and Tor Books.
He is the author of the novels Death's Heretic—ranked #3 on Barnes & Noble's Best Fantasy Releases of 2011 and a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel—and The Redemption Engine, which won the 2015 Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Novel. He's published short stories in such venues as Nightmare, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, and the #1 Amazon best-seller Machine of Death, as well as essays in Clarkesworld and Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction. In addition, he's written comics, a wealth of tabletop gaming material, and video games—most recently the Starfinder Alexa game featuring Nathan Fillion and Laura Bailey.
A lifelong musician, James has performed in bands ranging from progressive metalcore to musical theater. He lives in Seattle, in a house he shares with his wife and several friends.
