video game, one of the rare cases of a professional designer leading gamer activities for another designer's game. St. Andre was chosen by vote as a "famous game designer" to be featured as the king of spades in Flying Buffalo's 2014 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck. In June 2018, The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design inducted St. Andre into its Hall of Fame. Fiction St. Andre has written various short stories and novels. "Old Soldiers Never" (1989), in Shrapnel: Fragments from the Inner Sphere, a Battletech anthology. "Turtle in the Tower" (1990), in Shadowrun: Into the Shadows edited by Jordan K. Weisman. An anthology of stories based on the Shadowrun role-playing game. (). "The Two Worst Thieves in Khazan" (1992) in "Mages Blood and Old Bones". "The Triple Death" (1995), in Enchanted Forests edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg. An anthology of stories about magical woods. (). "Moral Invaders" (2005) in Flash Fantastic. A very short story in issue 16 of the online magazine. "A Thief's Day in Khazan" (2005) in Golden Heroes. Dragon Child (2006), by Ken St. Andre and James L. Shipman. A fantasy novel based on the Tunnels & Trolls role-playing game. Griffin Feathers (2008), by Ken St. Andre. A collection of linked short stories based on the Tunnels & Trolls role-playing game. "Introduction: Trollgod's Treasure Hunt" (2008) in Troll Tunnels, edited by Christina Lea. A collection of short sword and sorcery tales. "The Awakening" (2008) in Troll Tunnels, by Ken St. Andre and James L. Shipman. Rose of Stormgaard: A Trollworld Novel (2012), by Ken St. Andre, cover art by Steve Crompton. (). Personal life Ken St. Andre lives in Phoenix, Arizona. He and his wife Catherine initiated divorce proceedings in 2012. They have two grown children, a daughter named Jillian and son named James. On August 27, 2010, he retired after 36 years of service to the city of Phoenix as a public librarian. References External links Ken St. Andre's SFWA web page Trollhallans - Facebook fan club and discussion group for Tunnels & Trolls, administered by St. Andre. Successor to now defunct Trollhalla.com website. Delver's Tales - Ken's gaming blog Atroll's Entertainment - Ken's all purpose blog 1947 births 21st-century American novelists American fantasy writers American male novelists Chaosium game designers Living people Role-playing game designers American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers Interplay Entertainment people