Duncan Harris?

[BOZ]

Can anyone find any verifiable information on this person? An article on Wikipedia about him (apparently an auto-biography) was deleted, but I can't find any information on any of these games. Is any of this for real? This was the contents of the article:

Duncan Harris (born September 5, 1982), is an improvisational author of many role-playing modules and books. His body of work includes modules such as Serpent, The Elevator, Crouching Tigger Hidden Piglet, and his masterclass Spheres of Influence.

For his work in role-playing, Duncan was awarded the highest honor of role-playing, the Golden Dice Award, in 2005.

He also writes for gaming magazines, most notably PC Gamer.

 

[Serendipity]

Sorry, never heard of him or any of the works you mention - presuming this was during the d20 srd explosion of the early oughts. Who did he write for? Was he a freelancer?

 

[Morrus]

Sounds self-written to me. "Masterclass"? "Highest honor of role-playing"?

 

[Serendipity]

Sounds self-written to me. "Masterclass"? "Highest honor of role-playing"?

Yeah, just a little bit. Still, a LOT of people got in on the d20 boom, and I do have some (albeit vague) recollection of a series of "masterclass" books. And I don't generally pay attention to award things save a few so my not remembering that one in particular doesn't mean much. Though I think I'd have heard of the "highest honor of role playing," if only as a source of mockery.
So my cynicism isn't fully engaged, but it is there.

 

[BOZ]

Yeah, my impulse was to think that this was some kind of vanity page, self-created by the author - whether or not any of his works were actually ever published. I doubt I will make any kind of attempt to re-create the page, but I figured I would check here first just in case.