birth_place influences notableworks birth_date genre image article_title name occupation
chingford , united kingdom j. r. r. tolkien lone wolf 12 february 1956 fantasy , science fiction joseph robert dever -lrb- 2 -rrb- . jpg joe dever
 joe dever author , game designer
joe dever

joe dever -lrb- born 12 february 1956 , chingford , england -rrb- is an award-winning british fantasy author and game designer .
originally a musician , dever became the first british winner of the `` advanced dungeons & dragons '' championship of america in 1982 .
he first created the fictional world of magnamund in 1977 as a setting for his `` dungeons & dragons '' campaigns .
in 1984 , he released the first book of the `` lone wolf '' series of young-adult gamebooks , and the series has since sold over 11.5 million copies worldwide -lrb- as of september 2014 -rrb- .
he experienced difficulty with his publishers as the game books market began to contract in 1995 , until publication ceased in 1998 before the final four books -lrb- numbers 29 -- 32 -rrb- were released .
since 2003 , however , the series has enjoyed a strong revival of interest particularly in france , italy , germany , the czech republic , and poland following the re-release of the gamebook series in these countries .
from 1996 onwards , dever has been involved in the design and production of several successful computer and console games .
he also contributed to '' '' , a `` dungeons & dragons '' - style roleplaying game for lone wolf published by mongoose publishing -lrb- uk -rrb- from 2004 to 2013 and le grimoire -lrb- france -rrb- in 2006 -- 2013 .
in 2013 , he wrote the story and in-game text for the `` joe dever 's lone wolf '' video game series specifically designed for tablets and smartphones .
entitled `` lone wolf : blood on the snow '' , it was developed by forge reply -lrb- milan , italy -rrb- and published by bulkypix .
in february 2014 , it won two golden dragon awards from the italian video game developer 's association of italy -lrb- aesvi -rrb- for best game design and best indie game of the year 2013 .
in april 2014 , it was a finalist in the develop industry excellence awards .
on 22 august 2014 , the developer forge reply announced that `` joe dever 's lone wolf '' had achieved two million downloads since its release in november 2013 .
on 27 november 2014 , it was released via steam for pc 's and mac computers .
currently , dever is authoring the lone wolf adventure game with cubicle 7 entertainment ltd. , and writing the final books in the core `` lone wolf '' series .
the latter works are all scheduled for publication in 2015-16 .
