Roger James Huntman originally born Robin Eugene Huntemann (born November 11, 1971) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense,educational, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Copies have been adapted into tabletop games and audiobooks. He has also written approximately 100 tabletop game articles and short stories, most of which have been published in electronic formats.
His debut, Vampire Hotel, was published in 2014, and was followed by 'Ancient Steel Horror' the tabletop game, Zombie Convention, Vampire Hunt and Vampire Hunter 101. Werewolf Therapy, and a collection of collaborations with Greg Stomberg and Logan Montgomery Knight. Teaching with Roleplay was one of his first major departures from the horror genre and one of the first publications to use tabletop games in the classroom.
His first attempts in publishing were in 1991 after a gamer in his group, Dave Arneson co creator of Dungeons and Dragons attended his regular tabletop game sessions, and then giving his blessing on the original game Ancient Steel Roleplaying Game. This gave way to a small print run of the game in 1992. He has 44 publications, currently.
While working as a middle school teacher at Developing Mind Montessori School in Post Falls, Idaho, Huntman was unhappy with recent decisions by the city council of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, so in 2019 he ran for one of the three seats on the city countil. Hutman was running for seat 5 on the council. He ran against incumbent Dan English. Hutman dropped out of the race soon after due to a lack of financial resources. He dropped out after the deadline to remove his name from the ballot. Huntman still received 5.2% of the vote.
Roger Huntman served as a treasurer in high school. Huntman has an Associates Degree in psychology from Western Iowa Tech, a Bachelors Degree in Theology from Briar Cliff University, and a Masters Degree in Education from Grand Canyon University.