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Joe Dever (born 12 February 1956, Chingford, England) 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 (as of September 2014). 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 (numbers 29–32) 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 ''Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game'', a ''Dungeons & Dragons''-style roleplaying game for Lone Wolf published by Mongoose Publishing (UK) from 2004 to 2013 and Le Grimoire (France) 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 (Milan, Italy) and published by BulkyPix. In February 2014, it won two Golden Dragon Awards from the Italian Video Game Developer's Association of Italy (AESVI) 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. ==Biography== Dever was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School. In 1976, he joined the studio-based orchestra of a record company in London known as Pye Records which provided accompaniment to prominent solo singers and artists. After 18 months, the orchestra disbanded and Dever then freelanced for a year before joining Virgin Records as a Recording Engineer based at Manor Studios in Oxfordshire. He was at Virgin for five years, working with a diverse mix of artists such as Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, and The Sex Pistols. Dever has two children, Ben (b. 1981) and Sophie (b. 1987). Dever is an accomplished Bass Player and attempted to get a record deal when playing for Essex-based Band 'Seventh Seal'. This led to him getting involved briefly with Public Image, the break away Band formed by John Lydon, acting as road manager and tour manager when P.I. toured in Europe. He is also an enthusiastic wargamer with an extensive collection of both 15mm and 25mm metal miniatures, of which he has painted the vast majority. During June–August 2005, Dever underwent extensive surgery for bi-lateral kidney cancer, involving a partial nephrectomy of the right kidney, and a full nephrectomy of the left kidney. Seventy percent of his remaining kidney was saved. The surgical team was directed by J. L. Peters of Whipps Cross University Hospital in London. It proceeded without complications on 10 August 2005, and subsequently Dever made a swift recovery, having retained sufficient kidney function to lead a normal life without any need for dialysis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Dever」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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