Editing Eric Nylund

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[[File:Eric Nylund Closeup.png|200px|thumb|Eric Nylund]]
'''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>

== Biography ==
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}}

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>

== Involvement in the ''Halo'' franchise ==
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> In a 2020 Q&A response on Goodreads, Nylund expressed interest in telling more stories in the ''Halo'' universe but noted that he had not been contacted by [[343 Industries]] in many years. He also revealed at the time that he and a few other authors had not initially received royalties for the [[2019]] republications of their works under the [[Simon & Schuster|Gallery Books]] imprint. Not long afterward, he shared that royalties had begun to flow, though he remained uncertain about whether he would be brought on as a potential contributor to future ''Halo'' projects.<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/33958.Eric_S_Nylund/questions? '''Goodreads - Ask the Author''': ''Eric S. Nylund'']</ref>

== ''Halo'' bibliography==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' (2001)
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' (2003)
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' (2006)
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' (2009)
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]'' (Co-author) ''"[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]"'' (2009)
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' (Co-author) "[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] and other classified assets" (2010)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:EricNylund.jpg|A picture of Eric Nylund, courtesy of his blog.
File:Staten-Nylund.jpg|Authors [[Joseph Staten]] and Eric Nylund at ComicCon 2007.
File:Nylund-Bradbury.jpg|Nylund with fellow sci-fi writer [[Wikipedia:Ray Bradbury|Ray Bradbury]].
</gallery>

==Sources==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.ericnylund.net/ Eric Nylund's Blog]
*[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]

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