Bassingthwaite was born in Meaford, Ontario, and now lives and works in Toronto. He has degrees in anthropology and museum studies and is the author of numerous fantasy and dark fantasy novels. Many of his works are set in the fictional universes of role-playing games. He has written novels for gaming companies including Wizards of the Coast and White Wolf Game Studios.
Personal life
Bassingthwaite lives with his partner in Toronto.
Publications
For the World of Darkness
Such Pain (1995, ISBN 978-0-06-105463-1)
Pomegranates Full and Fine (1995, ISBN 978-1-56504-889-8)
Breathe Deeply (1995, ISBN 978-1-56504-881-2)
"Smoke", short story contained in Book of the Kindred (1996, ISBN 978-1-56504-869-0, originally published as Book of the Dead in 1993)
As One Dead (with Nancy Kilpatrick, 1996, ISBN 978-1-56504-875-1)
For Dark•Matter
If Whispers Call (2000, ISBN 978-0-7869-1679-5)
By Dust Consumed (2002, published electronically)
For Dungeons & Dragons
The Rogues series, set in the Forgotten Realms
The Yellow Silk (2004, ISBN 978-0-7869-3152-1)
Set in the Forgotten Realms
Mistress of the Night (With Dave Gross, 2004, ISBN 0-7869-3346-1)
The Dragon Below series, set in Eberron
The Binding Stone (2005, ISBN 978-0-7869-3784-4)
The Grieving Tree (2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-3985-5)
The Killing Song (2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-4243-5)
The Legacy of the Dhakaan series, set in Eberron
The Doom of Kings (2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4918-2)
The Word of Traitors (2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5196-3)
"The Tyranny of Ghosts" (2010, ISBN 978-0-7869-5506-0)
The Abyssal Plague Trilogy, set in Nentir Vale
Book 1 The Temple of Yellow Skulls (March 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5749-1)
Book 2 Oath of Vigilance (August 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5816-0)
Book 3 The Eye of the Chained God (April 2012, ISBN 978-0-7869-5983-9)
Science Fiction
"Too Much Is Never Enough" - Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero (February 2012, ISBN 978-1-4675-1060-8)
Interviews
"Interview with Don Bassingthwaite conducted by Pat Ferrara". Mania.com. January 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
