Margaret Weis (born March 16, 1948, in Independence, Missouri) is an American fantasy and science fiction author. While working as an editor at TSR, Inc., she partnered with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance world, and the two went on to co-write the Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance Legends and Death Gate Cycle novels, among other Dragonlance series. Weis has also written or co-written the Darksword, Rose of the Prophet, Star of the Guardians, Sovereign Stone and Dragonvarld series, sev...