Erik Mona

**Erik Mona** is an author, editor, and publisher, currently serving as publisher and chief creative officer of Paizo Inc. Past positions include editor-in-chief of Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron. His writing credits include numerous books and articles on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, and he has been published by Wizards of the Coast, Green Ronin Publishing, Paizo Publishing, and The MIT Press.

His work as publisher also included Planet Stories, a monthly line of science fiction and fantasy trade paperbacks. These classic novels and anthologies from authors such as Gary Gygax, Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, Michael Moorcock, and others were also published by Paizo.

Erik is an alumnus of Emerson College in Boston, MA. He currently lives in Seattle, WA.