Lawrence Ellsworth is the pen name of Lawrence Schick. He began his career as a writer at TSR Hobbies, where he was instrumental in the development and early popularity of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Promoted to Executive Director of Interactive Entertainment at America Online in the late 1990s, he oversaw games content strategy for all of AOL's brands. He is currently working on a full translation of Alexandre Dumas' novel Le Comte de Moret. Lawrence lives in Bethesda, Maryland.