Monte Cook

Monte Cook is an American writer and game designer best known for his work on table-top role-playing games, particularly as one of the designers of the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

Monte Cook was born in 1968 and grew up in southern California. He attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he graduated with a degree in English.

Some of Monte Cook's notable works include the Planescape setting for Dungeons & Dragons, the Numenera and The Strange role-playing games, and the Ptolus campaign setting.

Yes, Monte Cook has received several awards for his work, including the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game for Numenera in 2013 and the ENnie Award for Best Writing for his work on the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

As of the time of writing, Monte Cook is working on various projects for his own company, Monte Cook Games, including the Cypher System, which is a generic role-playing game rule set, and the Invisible Sun role-playing game.