Guest Author List

Guest Authors

The guest authors listed below have published arcs in City of Heroes. Each linked entry contains information about an author and a description of the arcs the author has created. We will update this page as we reveal more guest authors.

All you need to do to enjoy an author's arcs is to log in to City of Heroes, locate an Architect Entertainment building, and begin playing.

If you are a professional writer who would like to participate in the Guest Author program, visit Would You Like to Participate? and submit your information.


Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is the author of over 75 books, mostly in fantasy, urban fantasy, and dark fantasy, and has been playing the "City of" games since Issue 5. Best known for the Heralds of Valdemar...

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Troy Hickman

Troy Hickman is a comic book writer whose work includes the Eisner Award-nominated series Common Grounds about a chain of coffee/donut shops patronized by superheroes and villains (soon to be a television series, knock on wood); Top Cow's Pilot...

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Austin Grossman

Austin Grossman has written and designed for critically acclaimed video games such as Ultima Underworld II, System Shock, and Deus Ex. He is the author of one novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible, currently in development as a film,...

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Scott Kurtz

Scott Kurtz has wanted to make a living writing comic strips since his mother bought him the first "Garfield" collection book back in the 1980's. His hobby turned into a full-time career in 2000 when Scott quit his job...

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Rooster Teeth

Rooster Teeth is best known for the popular comedy series, Red vs. Blue, but they're also totally rad secret agent spies that do all kinds of crazy missions for a secret government organization. That's top secret. Keep it on...

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Bill Willingham

Bill Willingham is a New York Times bestselling writer, and the creator of the multiple award winning comic book series Fables, in its eighth year of steady publication. He is also author of the Fables prose novel, Peter and...

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