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Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn is a Canadian author and game designer. After working at a credit union for some time, he eventually became a game developer. He joined BioWare towards the end of the Baldur's Gate series, and wrote the tie-in novel for Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. He stayed with BioWare, where he worked on Neverwinter Nights, and became the Senior Writer on the critically acclaimed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

This Star Wars connection gave him the opportunity to write Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, his first hardcover. Karpyshyn still works for BioWare where he is the lead writer for the Mass Effect series.


“The power of the Dark Side cannot be dispersed among the masses. It must be concentrated in the few who are worthy of the honor.”
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“Two there shall be; no more, no less. One to embody the dark side, the other to crave it.”
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“Honor is for the living. Dead is dead.”
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“The mind with many secrets can never rest.”
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“the Sanctuary was reserved for the rich and elite--those with fortunes, not soldiers of fortune.”
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“Grissom chose to remain completely fair and unbiased: he told every single one of them to go to hell.”
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“Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.”
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