Question: Which U.S. state was the cover artist for the Dragonlance(DL) series of "Dungeon's & Dragons" born in?

full_context: Document 1: Dragons of Ice: Dragons of Ice is the start of the second major story arc in the "Dungeons & Dragons" Dragonlance series of game modules. It is one of the 14 DL modules published by TSR between 1984 and 1986. Its cover features a painting of a white dragon attacking sail powered ice boats by Larry Elmore. The module launches players into the story of the second book of the Dragonlance Chronicles, "Dragons of Winter Night".
Document 2: Jody Lee: Jody A. Lee is a professional fantasy artist from San Francisco known best for her book cover illustrations. Authors she has worked with include Mercedes Lackey, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, and many others. She also painted role-playing games' covers such as "RuneQuest" (third edition, 1984) and "Pendragon" (first edition, 1985). She illustrated the 1991 and 1996 book covers for "A Wrinkle in Time", as published by Dell Yearling.
Document 3: Dragons of Triumph: Dragons of Triumph is the fourth and final module in the third story arc of the 14-module Dragonlance (DL) series of the "Dungeons & Dragons" adventure role-playing game. The series was published by TSR between 1984 and 1986. The game's cover art work by Clyde Caldwell features Laurana Kanan chained on a platform before the goddess of evil, Takhisis.
Document 4: Dragons of Mystery: Dragons of Mystery is a "Dungeons & Dragons" sourcebook published in 1984 as part of a series of modules for the "Dragonlance" (DL) campaign setting. It is the fifth of fourteen Dragonlance modules published by TSR between 1984 and 1986. Its cover features a painting by Larry Elmore of the characters Tanis Half-Elven, Laurana Kanan, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, and Tika Waylan standing in front of a dragon highlord and a blue dragon. The sourcebook received middling reviews from "White Dwarf" magazine.
Document 5: Dragons of Faith: Dragons of Faith is the second of four parts in the third major story arc of the "Dungeons & Dragons" Dragonlance series of game modules. It is one of the 14 Dragonlance adventures published by TSR between 1984 and 1986. Its cover features a painting by Jeff Easley.
Document 6: DL series: The DL series is a series of adventures and some supplementary material for the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" role playing game. These modules along with the "Dragonlance Chronicles" trilogy of novels, which follow one possible adventure series through the modules, were the first published items that established the "Dragonlance" fictional universe. The original "DL" series was released from 1984 to 1986, with the final two modules added to it in 1988. In the 1990s these roleplaying adventures from the original series were collected and revised for 2nd Edition "AD&D" as the three "DLC Dragonlance Classics" modules. There were also versions of the module series released in 1999, 2000 and 2006.
Document 7: James Caldwell (mathematician): James Caldwell (born May 16, 1943, in Macosquin, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish mathematician.
Document 8: Edward F. Caldwell &amp; Co.: Edward F. Caldwell & Co., of New York City, was one of the premier designers and manufacturers of electric light fixtures and decorative metalwork from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. Founded in 1895 by Edward F. Caldwell (1851–1914) and Victor F. von Lossberg (1853–1942), the firm left a legacy of custom designed and finely-made, metal gates, lanterns, chandeliers, ceiling and wall fixtures, floor and table lamps, and other decorative objects that can be found today in many metropolitan area churches, public buildings, offices, clubs, and residences including, the White House (1902 renovation), St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, New York Public Library, and Rockefeller Center.
Document 9: Dragons of Flame (module): Dragons of Flame is the second module in the first major story arc in the "Dungeons & Dragons" "Dragonlance" series of game modules. It is one of the 14 "Dragonlance" adventures published by TSR between 1984 and 1986. Its cover features a painting by Jeff Easley depicting Tasslehoff Burrfoot peering at a red dragon and Verminaard of the Dragonarmies of Ansalon.
Document 10: Dragons of Despair: Dragons of Despair is the first in a series of 16 "Dragonlance" adventures published by TSR, Inc. (TSR) between 1984 and 1988. It is the start of the first major story arc in the "Dragonlance" series of "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") role-playing game modules, a series of ready-to-play adventures for use by Dungeon Masters in the game. This series provides a game version of the original "Dragonlance" storyline later told in the "Dragonlance Chronicles" trilogy of novels. This module corresponds to the events told in the first half of the novel "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Its module code is DL1, which is used to designate it as the first part of the "Dragonlance" adventure series.
Document 11: Cuthy Mede: Cuthy Mede is a Malawian artist. Lonely Planet said "possibly the best-known [Malawian] artist is Cuthy Mede – he is also actively involved in the development and promotion of Malawian art within the country and around the world." Cuthy Mede grew up on Likoma Island, Lake Malawi where he drew in the rough sands of the beach as a child. Later he studied Fine Art in Chancellor College and became a lecturer at the College in the 1970s. By the 1980s Mede established Gallerie Africaine in Lilongwe City Centre, the first art gallery by a local artist in Malawi. Mede exhibited his work widely in Malawi, becoming a successful artist selling his work to international collectors. Mede encouraged the work of young Malawian artists struggling to make a living selling folk art and wood carvings as street traders. He also brought fine art work from other Malawian artists into his Gallery. He was commissioned to paint a large mural decorating the City Centre. Mede is best known for his modern art styles: modern, futurist, cubist and pointillist, with strong local themes. His paintings depicted local people, historic events and current events in Malawi, Biblical references with local interpretations, indigenous religious expressions, and paintings about ideas such as Justice, Greed, Man and Machine. His paintings depict famine, refugees from Mozambique during the Civil War, voting and democracy, wedding celebration, spirits and possession, and the Nyau masquerade. Mede's less known work is realistic, including a reproduction of the Mona Lisa. His best known work is dominated by bright primary colors, cubist style, though his pointillist work favors ochres and softer tones in the overall effect. In later years Mede painted mostly in shades of blue, then white on white, the purest light. Mede is an evangelical Christian and his work begins with a point of light from which the rest of the painting flows, the energy from God. This point of light is evident in most of his paintings as a single dot, a sun or moon, or an orb. Best known for his paintings, Mede also produced sculptural forms such as wood figures covered in beads and pigments. His garden in Lilongwe was made into a work of art, in white and light, with fluorescent light tubes hanging from trees and white painted rocks lining the drive and entry. Mede's wife, Esther (deceased 2009), served as Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Research and Environmental Affairs in the Malawi government.
Document 12: S. Clay Wilson: Steve Clay Wilson (born July 25, 1941), better known as S. Clay Wilson, is an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Wilson attracted attention from readers with aggressively violent and sexually explicit panoramas of lowlife denizens, often depicting the wild escapades of pirates and bikers. He was an early contributor to "Zap Comix", and Wilson's artistic audacity has been cited by Robert Crumb as a liberating source of inspiration for Crumb's own work. Recalling he first saw Wilson's work (in about 1968) Robert Crumb said, "The content was something like I'd never seen before, anywhere, the level of mayhem, violence, dismemberment, naked women, loose body parts, huge, obscene sex organs, a nightmare vision of hell-on-earth never so graphically illustrated before in the history of art... Suddenly my own work seemed insipid..."
Document 13: Clyde Caldwell: Clyde Caldwell (born February 20, 1948 in Gastonia, North Carolina) is an American artist. Self-described as a fantasy illustrator, he is best known for his portrayals of strong, sexy female characters.
Document 14: Dragons of Glory: Dragons of Glory is a "Dungeons & Dragons" source book in a series of modules from the "Dragonlance" campaign setting. It is one of the 16 "DL" modules published by TSR between 1984 and 1986.
Document 15: Swoon (artist): Originally known for her street art, Swoon (born Caledonia Dance Curry in 1977) is a mixed media artist who specializes in life-size wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of human figures. She studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, receiving a BA in fine arts in 2002. She started to gain recognition for her street art around 1999 and large-scale installations soon thereafter; in 2005, she was the subject of an eponymous solo exhibition mounted by now-mentor Jeffrey Deitch. Swoon has since been featured in major museums including a 2014 solo show, "Submerged Motherlands", at the Brooklyn Museum.
ground_truth: North Carolina