Who wrote the Fiend Folio? L-M

 

This batch features the most prolific contributor to the Fiend Folio, Ian Livingstone.

Name	#	Monsters	Author Notes
Lawrence, Julian	2	Doombat, Frost man	Has an NPC write-up in White Dwarf #19.
Livingstone, Ian	15	Assassin bug, Blood hawk, Bloodworm (giant), Bonesnapper, Crabman, Devil (styx), Dune stalker, Eyekiller, Forlarren, Grell, Hook horror, Mite, Phantom stalker, Throat leech, Troll (giant)	Co-founder of Games Workshop and White Dwarf magazine. Author of Dicing with Dragons and many Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. Numerous credits in magazines White Dwarf, Games International, Warlock.   Later went into the video game industry, particularly upper management of Eidos Interactive, where he shepherded franchises like Tomb Raider and Hitman.   A Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. No foolin’. I suspect this guy is a Tory.
Lockwood, Dean and P.S. Barton	1	Nonafel	Dean Lockwood contributed to one issue of Trollcrusher. No further info on P.S. Barton.
Louth, Nick	8	Hornet (giant), Kamadan, Magnesium spirit, Urchin [x5]	No further info available, unless he’s the same Nick Louth that writes crime thrillers.
MacDonald, Michael	1	Son of Kyuss	This guy has a bunch of designer credits for Mekton and Cyberpunk 2020. Other credits include Dream Park, Castle Falkenstein, Call of Cthulhu, Talislanta, and Teenagers from Outer Space. Articles in two issues of Vortext magazine.
MacDonald, Oliver Charles	2	Cifal, Troll (giant two-headed)	A.k.a. Oliver MacDonald, O.C. MacDonald. Numerous contributions to White Dwarf and Alarums & Excursions.
Martelli, Alessandro	1	Aleax	Alarums & Excursions contributor.
Masters, Philip	4	Iron cobra, Jaculi, Lamia noble, Screaming devilkin	A.k.a. Phil Masters, a GURPS powerhouse with HERO System credits and a few other things here and there. His numerous magazine credits include Adventurer’s Club, Arcane, Dragon, White Dwarf, Interactive Fantasy, The Excellent Prismatic Spray, Journal of the Travellers’ Aid Society, Alarums & Excursions, The Last Province, Pyramid, Roleplayer, Sabledrake webzine, Valkyrie, Shadis, and Visions. Dang.
McDonagh, Michael	1	Fire snake	No further info available.
McDowall, Ian and Douglas Naismith	1	Flumph	For Ian McDowall, see next entry. No further info on Douglas Naismith.
McDowell, Ian	2	Dakon, Guardian daemon	Fiction piece in Ares #1. UPDATE: Author of two fantasy novels, Merlin's Gift and Mordred's Curse.
Mendham, Trevor	1	Guardian familiar	RPGGeek.com: “Trevor has invented many games over the years, most of which were seen only by a few friends and are now lost to history. Whether this is a blessing or a curse for the gaming world is an open question.” Published 3 issues of a magazine called Play It! In 1985. Credits in the periodicals The Beholder, Casus Belli, Chimaera, Imagine, Shire Talk, The Stormlord, and White Dwarf.
Moldvay, Tom	3	Astral Searcher, Protein polymorph, Retriever	My dude.
Morgan, Nigel	1	Skeleton warrior	No further info available.
Morris, Graeme	1	Hoar fox	A big part of TSR UK. Designer credits on modules including UK1-UK5, the classic B10 Night’s Dark Terror, and the super-rare Up the Garden Path, among other things. Credits in periodicals include Imagine, the Fantasy Worlds newsletter, and the [D&D] Players Association News.
Morris, J.D.	2	Flind, Norker	No further info available.
Musson, Roger	11	Achaierai, Al-mi’raj, Blindheim, Crypt thing, Disenchanter, Firetoad, Nilbog, Sandman, Scarecrow, Shocker, Symbiotic jelly	Articles in White Dwarf, Imagine, the wargame magazine Phoenix, [D&D] Players Association News.
Muth, Simon	3	Dark stalker, Skulk, Vortex	One article in the early UK zone Chimaera.