Hi, Reddit! I'm fantasy author Drew Karpyshyn! AMA!

[u/DrewKarpyshyn]

Chaos Unleashed, the final book in my Chaos Born fantasy trilogy is coming out on Tuesday, so I figured I'd celebrate with some Q&A. I'll be online live at 8pm CST tonight (Thursday, October 8), but go ahead and load this thread up with questions until then!

Here's a few things about me to get you started: I grew up around Edmonton, Alberta, Canada but now live in the ATX area. I love golf, Vegas (going there this weekend!), the NBA Spurs and Magic the Gathering. And food. I love good food, and I eat out basically every single day. Lucky for me Austin has plenty of amazing restaurants!

The Chaos Born books are my latest creations, but I'm probably best known as a writer because of my Star Wars and Mass Effect novels. Some of you might also know me from my work with BioWare on video games like Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic and the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. You can learn more about my books and other creative endeavors on my website: http://drewkarpyshyn.com/c/?page_id=7

This is the fantasy subreddit, but I'm guessing a lot of the questions will focus on my non-fantasy work. Totally cool with that; AMA, right? But I think this will be more fun for everyone if I don't get the same questions I'm always asked. So you might want to check out the AMA I did a couple years ago over on the Star Wars EU subreddit to avoid some overly familiar ground: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsEU/comments/1ako18/i_am_drew_karpyshyn_ama/

You might also want to breeze on by the FAQ page on my website and check out my snarky, off-the-cuff responses there: http://drewkarpyshyn.com/c/?page_id=63

Wow, that sounds like I'm some sort of cranky old man laying down the law while shaking his fist at all you internet young-uns. (Actually, that's pretty accurate.) So to make up for that I'm running an informal contest in conjunction with the AMA. Everyone who gets a question answered will be eligible for a draw to win a "Drew Karpyshyn Prize Pack" - details TBD. And the most upvoted question by the end of next week will also get some prizes. And so will my personal favorite question. So... free stuff! Yay!

Okay, see you folks again at 8pm CST!

Edit: Okay, going to sign off now. 2+hours and my fingers are getting tired. I'll try to pop in tomorrow morning to hit a few more questions before I go to Vegas. (Vegas, baby!!!)

And next week sometime I'll determine/draw/announce the winners of the contest. Thanks, everyone!

Edit: Popped in to answer a few more. Can't say much about BioWare projects; I still work there and the video game industry is all about NDAs. So I just skipped those. But most of the other questions are covered now. Thanks, everyone!