title: Trampas Whiteman
text: # Trampas Whiteman
  
  Trampas Whiteman is an American writer.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Trampas Whiteman was born July 8, 1972, and grew up in the rural town of Odessa, Missouri. After graduating high school, he attended Central Missouri State University where he gained a Bachelor of Science in broadcasting and film.
  
  ## Game design and comic books
  
  Whiteman is the founder of the Whitestone Council, the fan organization behind the Dragonlance Nexus. Since the founding of the council, Trampas has worked with Sovereign Press/Margaret Weis Productions as a designer on the Dragonlance sourcebooks for 3rd edition, including Holy Orders of the Stars, Knightly Orders of Ansalon, and Races of Ansalon. He has contributed to many other Dragonlance sourcebooks, functioning as a compiler and contributor for Lost Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home. Trampas also has credits in Bastion Press' Pale Designs sourcebook, as well as Whitesilver Publishing's Elves sourcebook for Sovereign Stone.
  
  Trampas also wrote the script adaptation for The Legend of Huma comic book series, from issues #3–5 (Dabel Brothers) and #6 (Devil's Due Publishing).
  
  ## Podcasting
  
  Whiteman once worked on The Signal, the fan podcast for Firefly and Serenity, writing and reading the "Gaming in the 'Verse" section. He has since moved on to co-create the Dragonlance Canticle and SciFi Smackdown podcasts.
  
  