Richard Baker

Richard Baker, full name: L. Richard Baker III, is a writer who worked for TSR, Inc., where he co-created the Birthright setting, and subsequently for Wizards of the Coast as an author and game designer for 3rd edition and 4th edition. He left the company in 2011.
Rich grew up on the Jersey shore before graduating from Virginia Tech University. At some point he joined the Navy and was stationed in Virginia, Rhode Island, and Louisiana. He has a wife, Kim, and two daughters, Alex and Hannah.
==Works==
=== Novels ===
==== The Cities series ====
* The City of Ravens Book 1 (December 2000)
==== E-Book following the events in The City of Ravens ====
* Prince of Ravens (July 2012)
==== War of the Spider Queen (novel series) ====
* Condemnation Book 3 (May 2003)
==== The Last Mythal ====
* Forsaken House Book 1 (August 2004)
* Farthest Reach Book 2 (July 2005)
* Final Gate Book 3 (June 2006)
==== Blades of the Moonsea ====
* Swordmage Book 1 (May 2008)
* Corsair Book 2 (March 2009)
* Avenger Book 3 (March 2010)
=== Novellas ===
* "The King in Copper" - Realms of the Dead (January 2010)
=== Adventures ===
* Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave (March 2007)
* Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land (July 2007)
=== Sourcebooks ===
* Player's Option: Combat & Tactics (1995)
* Player's Option: Spells & Magic (1996)
* Unapproachable East (sourcebook) (May 2003)
* Player's Guide to Faerûn (March 2004)
* Complete Arcane (November 2004)
* Lost Empires of Faerûn (February 2005)
* Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations (April 2005)
* Stormwrack (August 2005)
* Magic of Incarnum (September 2005)
*Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (August 2008)
* Manual of the Planes 4th edition (December 2008)
* Divine Power (July 2009)
* Martial Power 2 (February 2010)
===Dragon magazine===
* "Countdown to the Realms: Year of the Ageless One", Dragon magazine 362 (December 2007)
* "The Purple Halls", Dragon magazine 362 (December 2007)
* "The Cavern of Death", Dragon magazine 362 (December 2007)
* "The Tribes of Thar", Dragon magazine 362 (December 2007)
==Appendix==
===Further Reading===
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===External Links===
:
:Fey'd to Black: Richard Baker Interview (archived 2005-12-30)
:Author Profile: Richard Baker (archived 2005-11-29)
===References===
* Biography on Wikipedia
* Biography for the Wizards of the Coast
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