Shane Hensley is a freelance writer, game designer, game store owner, publisher, novelist, computer game designer, business consultant, and entrepreneur. He’s also served as a lead on massively multiplayer online games such as City of Heroes / City of Villains, and was an Executive Producer on such titles as Cryptic Studios Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter MMO RPG, and Trion Worlds and Petroglyph’s End of Nations. He was also the Studio Head for Dust Devil (Zombie Pirates video game) and even a Deadlands MMO RPG (the parent company went under due to other projects unfortunately).

Shane is best known for founding Pinnacle Entertainment Group, where he created Deadlands and the Savage Worlds game system. He’s licensed his properties for television, books, comics, toys, and even other game systems. He’s a frequent guest at conventions around the world and loves seeing the different way people play games in places like Poland, Australia, Ireland, England, and more.

Shane currently lives in Chandler, Arizona where he loves to run in the hottest part of the day (some say he’s part-lizard) and play games with his beautiful wife Michelle and their two sons, Caden and Ronan.