Neal Hallford is an author and game designer who began his career at New World Computing with Might & Magic III: Isles of Terra. In 1993, he wrote and co-designed Betrayal at Krondor for Dynamix, and Dungeon Siege for Gas Powered Games in 2002. Hallford is the author of two other non-fiction books, Swords & Circuitry: A Designer's Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games, and The Derailment of the Sunset Limited. He lives in San Diego, California with his wife Jana where they co-own and operate the film and media company Swords & Circuitry Studios.