Trick Weekes
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Trick Weekes (also Patrick Weekes) is an American author. They were a writer at BioWare from 2005 to 2025 for the Mass Effect and Dragon Age video game franchises, becoming lead writer for Dragon Age in 2015.
Trick Weekes | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, MA) |
| Subject | Science fiction Fantasy |
| Spouse | Karin Weekes |
Career
Weekes joined BioWare in 2005, writing for both the Mass Effect and Dragon Age video game franchises.[1][2] They wrote Mass Effect characters including Mordin Solus, Tali'Zorah, Jack, Kasumi Goto, and Samantha Traynor, as well as the Rannoch and Tuchanka plotlines in Mass Effect 3.[3][4][5] For Dragon Age: Inquisition, Weekes wrote characters including Iron Bull, Solas, Krem, and Cole.[3][6] They also wrote the novel Dragon Age: The Masked Empire, and edited and contributed two stories to the anthology Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights.[7][8][9]
Following the departure of David Gaider from Dragon Age in 2015, Weekes became the lead writer for the franchise.[10] They were lead writer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the franchise's next installment, and also wrote the character Taash.[11][12]
After Electronic Arts' restructuring and downsizing of BioWare in January 2025, Weekes posted on Bluesky that they were no longer with BioWare.[11][13][14]
Personal life
Weekes was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Stanford University, graduating with a BA and an MA in English literature.[1]
Weekes lives in Edmonton with their wife Karin Weekes; the couple has two sons.[1] Weekes identifies as pansexual and non-binary.[15]
Bibliography
Games
- Mass Effect (2007) - writer
- Dragon Age: Origins (2009) - additional design
- Mass Effect 2 (2010) - writer
- Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker (2010) - writer
- Mass Effect 3 (2012) - senior writer
- Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (2012) - writer
- Mass Effect 3: Leviathan (2012) - writer
- Mass Effect 3: Citadel (2013) - writer
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014) - writer
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Jaws of Hakkon (2014) - lead writer[16]
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser (2015) - lead writer[17]
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) - lead writer
Comics
- Mass Effect: Homeworlds #2 (with Jeremy Barlow, Chris Staggs and Michael Atiyeh, Dark Horse, 2012)
Novels
Rogues of the Republic
- The Palace Job (2013)
- The Prophecy Con (2014)
- The Paladin Caper (2015)
Dragon Age
- Dragon Age: The Masked Empire (2014)
- Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights (2020)
Other
- Feeder (2018)
Short stories
- “Dragon Slayers” in Realms of Fantasy Issue 27 (February 1999)[18]
- “Glass Beads” in Science Fiction Age Volume 8 Issue 4 (May 2000)
- “I Am Looking for a Book...” in Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores (2002, edited by Greg Ketter)
- “Why the Elders Bare Their Throats” in Strange Horizons (17 February 2003)[19]
- “When She Grows a Soul” in The Leading Edge Issue 46 (October 2003)
- “Injure the Corners” in Amazing Stories Issue 604 (October 2004)
- “Release the Knot” in Amazing Stories Issue 606 (December 2004)
- “Unleashing the Flyers of L” in The Anthology from Hell: Humorous Stories from WAY Down Under (2012, edited by Julia S. Mandala)
References
External links
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