Nationality American Name Loren Coleman Years active 1990s–present | Subject Science Fiction Role Fiction writer | |
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Books Double Blind, Threads of Ambition, Blood of wolves, Cimmerian rage, Patriots and tyrants Similar People Blaine Pardoe, Michael A Stackpole, Robert N Charrette, Robert E Vardeman, Dean Wesley Smith | ||
Notable works Double-Blind
Endgame | ||
Loren L. Coleman is a science-fiction writer, born and grew up in Longview, Washington. He is known for having written many books for series such as Star Trek, Battletech/Mechwarrior, Age of Conan, Crimson Skies, Magic: The Gathering and others. He has also written game fiction and source material for such companies as FASA Corporation, TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast. He resides in Washington with his wife Heather and three children.
Career
Loren L. Coleman is a former member of the United States Navy. He is a prolific Battletech author whose first novel was Double-Blind (1997); after several other Battletech books, he wrote the finale to FASA's "Classic" era novels, Endgame (2002). Coleman came up with an idea to get a license to publish original and canon Battletech fiction set in the classic era, and to sell it via a subscription-based online website; Randall N. Bills, the Battletech line developer, was interested in Coleman's idea for a new business.
He is also one of the founders of InMediaRes, a company that he founded with Heather Coleman, Randall Bills, Tara Bills and Philip DeLuca in September 2002 with the intention of licensing Classic BattleTech fiction. This was accomplished in the fall of 2003 when WizKids agreed to grant IMR an exclusive license for publishing new, canon BattleTech fiction online. This was done through BattleCorps.com, which was launched in August 2004.
In 2005, InMediaRes announced its intention to create a similar website for Shadowrun, Holostreets.
Coleman announced on April 20, 2007 that InMediaRes was in negotiations to acquire the licenses for Classic BattleTech and Shadowrun from WizKids as Fantasy Productions' license was set to expire.
In June 2007, InMediaRes created the Catalyst Game Labs imprint from which to publish their Shadowrun, and Classic BattleTech licensed properties, as well as other material which could be produced or licensed at a later date.
In early 2010s, he began writing The ICAS Files series, a science fiction short-stories.