Paul Kidd


Paul Kidd is an Australian writer of fantasy fiction.

Career

Before pursuing a career in writing Kidd had worked at Beam Software, an Australia-based game developer. He is credited as, among other things, the writer, director and lead designer of Nightshade, an action-adventure title for the NES. He is also credited as the lead designer for Shadowrun.
Kidd's first book, entitled Mus of Kerbridge, was released in 1995 and received a short-list nomination for the 1995 Aurealis Awards best fantasy novel. He has since released six more stand alone novels, written a two book series and has contributed to two of the Dungeons & Dragons novel series, ' and Greyhawk. His novel releases include White Plume Mountain, Descent into the Depths of the Earth, A Whisper of Wings, The Rats of Acomar, The Fangs of K'aath, Lilith, Petal Storm, Neue Europa, and the Petal Storm graphic novel series. Kidd also has written a non-fiction strategy guide based on the video game ' and has written two short stories which were published in Dragon Magazine.
Kidd lives in Perth, Australia.

Novels