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**Jason Nelson** is a freelance game designer and author who made it to the Top 4 of Paizo Publishing's RPG Superstar competition in 2008. In addition to his subsequent work for Paizo, he used to write the Behind the Screen and Save My Game columns for the Wizards of the Coast website, and has a few writing credits in Dragon & Dungeon magazines.1

**Linda Zayas-Palmer** is a 5-star Pathfinder Society GM, former co-Venture Lieutenant of the Boston Pathfinder Society lodge, and freelance writer. On March 5, 2015, Paizo Inc. announced that Linda had been hired to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game development team.