Nicolas W. Proctor

Nicolas W. Proctor grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. After completing his b.a. in history from Hendrix College, he received an M.A. in Diplomacy and International Relations from the University of Kentucky, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in American history from Emory University. He is now a Professor of History at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where he has served as department chair and director of the first-year program.

After completing a traditional historical monograph, he reoriented his research to fit the needs of a teaching institution and focused on writing historical role-playing games for the Reacting to the Past series.

To help game authors in the series, he wrote a Game Designer’s Handbook and served as chair of the Reacting Consortium's editorial board. He now serves as the Executive Director of the Reacting Consortium. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with his family, a print shop, lots of books, and too many Legos.