Gary Holian is an author of several products and articles for Dungeons & Dragons, especially for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting. He also runs the Greytalk electronic mailing list and the Canonfire! website, both of which serve as outlets for fans of the Greyhawk setting.
Holian has authored or co-authored several works, including the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), the Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteer (3e) (2000), and articles for the game's official magazines.
Bibliography[]
D&D 3rd edition[]
- Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000)
- Gazetteer (3e) (2000)
- Wheels Within Wheels: Greyhawk's Citcle of Eight, Living Greyhawk Journal #0, p.4
- The Kingdom of Keoland, Living Greyhawk Journal #1, p.8
- Silent Sorcery, Living Greyhawk Journal #4, p.10
- The Death Knights of Oerth, Part One, Dragon #290 (Dec 2001), p.10 (LGJ 6)
- The Death Knights of Oerth, Part Two, Dragon #291 (Jan 2002), p.90 (LGJ 7)
- Places of Mystery: Spinecastle and Veralos, Dragon #293 (Mar 2002), p.88 (LGJ 9)
- Places of Mystery: Gateways To Adventure, Dragon #304 (Feb 2003), p.88
- Paladins of Greyhawk, Dragon #306 (Apr 2003), p.96 (LGJ 20)
- The Demonomicon of Iggwilv, Dragon #336 (Oct 2005), p.76
- Journey To the Isle of Dread, Dragon #350 (Dec 2006), p.64
- Dread On the Isle, Dragon #351 (Jan 2007), p.68
- Irongate: City of Stairs, Dragon #351 (Jan 2007), p.42
- Treasures of Greyhawk: Magic of the Company of Seven, Dragon #359 (Sep 2007), p.70
- Paladins of Greyhawk, Dungeon #104 (Nov 2003) (LGJ 23)
- Isle of Dread, Dungeon #114 (Sep 2004)
- Farshore: City of Hope, Dungeon #143 (Feb 2007)
- Tides of Dread, Dungeon #143 (Feb 2007)
- Shadows of Spinecastle, Dungeon #148 (Jul 2007)
Feats from his Dragon #306 article were reprinted in the Dragon Compendium Volume 1 (2005).
Reception and influence[]
Holian was thanked by author Robert S. Mullin in Greyhawk Grimoires, Dragon #268 (Feb 2000) for his support of the article series.
Holian was thanked in a reader's letter in Dragon #293 (Mar 2002), who praised the background information on the death knight.
He received a "special thanks" credit in Dungeon #112 (Jul 2004), which focused on Maure Castle.