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[[File:EricNylund.jpg|thumb|A picture of Eric Nylund, courtesy of his blog.]]
[[File:EricNylund.jpg|right|thumb|A picture of Eric Nylund, courtesy of his blog.]]
[[File:Nylund-Bradbury.jpg|thumb|Nylund with fellow sci-fi writer [[Wikipedia:Ray Bradbury|Ray Bradbury]].]]
[[File:Nylund-Bradbury.jpg|thumb|Nylund with fellow sci-fi writer [[Wikipedia:Ray Bradbury|Ray Bradbury]].]]
'''Eric S. Nylund''' (born November 12, 1964) is an American novelist and professional technical writer who has contributed extensively to the [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]]. He is noted in particular for his three [[Halo novels|''Halo'' novels]], beginning with ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the first book in the series. Nylund started his writing career in 1995 and worked at [[Microsoft]] for 14 years, until his resignation in [[2013|July 2013]].<ref name="adios">[http://ericnylund.net/?p=1174 '''Eric Nylund:''' ''Adios Microsoft'']</ref> He worked as Director of Narrative Design for {{Plain|[http://games.amazon.com/ Amazon Game Studios]}} until resigning in [[2015]].<ref name="resignation">[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1210 '''Eric Nylund''': ''Last Day at Amazon'']</ref>
'''Eric S. Nylund''' was born in 1964, though his writing career didn't seem to begin until 1995. He is a novelist and professional technical writer. He is married to another Sci-fi writer, Syne Mitchell.


== Biography ==
==Early life==
Eric Nylund was born in 1964, and spent his youth in California. He has a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a master's degree in Chemical Physics. In the 1990s, he was hired by Microsoft as a writer for the company's multimedia properties. He later moved on to serve as lead of Microsoft's Narrative Design team, tasked with world-building, developing character and story bibles, preparing materials for marketing, writing game manuals and scripts, consulting voice casting and directing voice actors, and coordinating with MS localization, legal, and geopolitical departments.{{Ref/Reuse|linkedin}} He has written novels, backstory and scripts for several games, including ''Halo'', ''[[Wikipedia:Crimson Skies|Crimson Skies]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Gears of War|Gears of War]]''. ''Crimson Skies'' was written along with fellow ''Halo'' writer [[Eric S. Trautmann]]. In July 2013, he resigned his post as Microsoft's Director of Narrative Design, moving on to fill a similar role at the newly-established Amazon Game Studios.<ref name="linkedin">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/eric-nylund/25/99/42 '''LinkedIn''': ''Eric Nylund'']</ref> He resigned from Amazon in July 2015 in order to spend more time with his family, write more novels, and work on smaller-scale side projects.{{Ref/Reuse|resignation}}
Eric Nylund was born in 1964, and spent his youth in California. He has a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a masters degree in Chemical Physics. In the 1990s he was hired by Microsoft to help rewrite and edit scientific parts of Microsoft's multi-media encyclopedia. Since then, he has written novels for several games, including ''Halo, Crimson Skies'', and ''Gears of War''. ''Crimson Skies'' was written along with fellow ''Halo'' writer [[Eric S. Trautmann]]. One of Nylund's personal heroes is Science Fiction writer Ray Bradbury. He was able to meet Bradbury at the San Diego Comic Con in 2007<ref>[http://ericnylund.net/?p=100 Eric Nylund &raquo; A Great Comic Con 2007]</ref>.


Nylund is married to another sci-fi writer, Syne Mitchell. One of his personal heroes is Science Fiction writer Ray Bradbury. He was able to meet Bradbury at the San Diego Comic Con in [[2007 (real world)|2007]].<ref>[http://ericnylund.net/?p=100 Eric Nylund >> A Great Comic Con 2007]</ref>
==Halo Works==
Eric Nylund is the author of three books ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', and ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', the co-author of the graphic novel ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'',<ref name = NostalGeek">2008-07-11, [http://nostalgeek.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/halo-wars-dated-and-collectors-edition-details/ Halo Wars Dated and Collector’s Edition Details]. ''NostalGeek''. Accessed on 2008-08-11</ref> the short stories book [[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]] and helped write [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]]'s journal and classified documents included in the Legendary Edition of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_042310#Limited_Edition Bungie Weekly Update 04.23.10]</ref> Despite this, his actual job is as a writer for [[Microsoft]] Gaming Studios. His job is to develop character and story bibles, write backstory, prepare materials for Marketing, write game manuals, write game scripts, consult on voice casting, direct voice actors, and coordinate with MS Localization, Legal, and Geopolitical departments.


== Involvement in the ''Halo'' franchise ==
Nylund has implied in an issue of Bungie Weekly Update that he may not be available to write future books for the ''Halo'' series. However, he has, in the past, expressed interest in telling other Halo stories in the future, particularly, that of [[Gray Team]].  
Eric Nylund is the author of three books ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', and ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', the co-author of the graphic novel ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'',<ref name = "NostalGeek">2008-07-11, [http://nostalgeek.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/halo-wars-dated-and-collectors-edition-details/ Halo Wars Dated and Collector’s Edition Details]. ''NostalGeek''. Accessed on 2008-08-11</ref> author of the short story ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' in the book ''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' and helped write [[Catherine Halsey]]'s [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|journal]] and classified documents included in the [[Halo: Reach Limited Edition|Limited]] and [[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition|Legendary]] editions of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_042310#Limited_Edition Bungie Weekly Update 04.23.10]</ref>


As of June 2016, Nylund has no plans of writing another ''Halo'' novel.<ref>[http://ericnylund.com/?page_id=170 '''Eric Nylund''': ''FAQ'']</ref>
==Bibliography==
 
*''The Resisters'' (2011)
== ''Halo'' bibliography==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' (Co-author) "Dr. Halsey’s personal journal and other classified assets" (2010)
*''All That Lives Must Die'' (2010)
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]'' (Co-author) "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]" (2009)
*''Mortal Coils'' (2009)
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' (2009)
*''Battlestar Galactica: The Cylon Wars'' (2009)
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' (2006)
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' (2003)
*''[[wikipedia:Crimson Skies|Crimson Skies]]'' (2002)
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' (2001)
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' (2001)
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' (2003)
*''[[wikipedia:A Signal Shattered|A Signal Shattered]]'' (1999)
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' (2006)
*''[[wikipedia:Signal to Noise (novel)|Signal to Noise]]'' (1998)
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' (2009)
*''A Game of Universe'' (1997)
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]'' (Co-author) ''"[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]"'' (2009)
*''Dry Water'' (1997)
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' (Co-author) "[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] and other classified assets" (2010)
*''Pawn's Dream'' (1995)


==Sources==
==Sources==
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== External links ==
==External links==
*[http://www.ericnylund.net/ Eric Nylund's Blog]
*[http://www.ericnylund.net/ Eric Nylund's Blog]
*[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/nylund.interview.html Interview with HBO]
*[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/nylund.interview.html Interview with HBO]
*[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/spotlight3.htm Interview with Xbox.com]
*[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/spotlight3.htm Interview with Xbox.com]
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