Nigel Findley was born in Venezuela, in 1959. Findley was raised in Spain, Nigeria, the United States, and England before his family settled in Vancouver in 1969.

He got his start as a role-playing game author in the mid 1980s during his business career. By 1990 he had become a full time writer, and had authored or coauthored over one hundred books, including twelve novels, before his death. He wrote for most game companies in the industry, including TSR, but is perhaps best known for his game products and fiction for FASA's Shadowrun game. He got his start writing for Dungeons & Dragons, and won a 1992 Origins Award for GURPS Illuminati. In 1995 he was inducted into the Origins Awards Hall of Fame.

Findley died suddenly on February 19, 1995, at his home in Vancouver, British Columbia. He suffered a heart attack at the age of 35.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

• Dragon magazine
• "The Ecology of the Peryton" (February 1984, Dragon issue #82)
• "The Ecology of the Will-o-Wisp" (July 1985, Dragon issue #99)
• "The Ecology of the Greenhag" (September 1987, Dragon issue #125)
• "The Ecology of the Gibbering Mouther" (August 1990, Dragon issue #160)
• "The Mind of the Vampire" (October 1990, Dragon issue #162)
• "Picture This!" (March 1992, Dragon issue 179)
• Dungeon magazine
• "Caermor" (November 1986, Dungeon issue 2)
• "Nightshade" (September 1987, Dungeon issue 7)
• "Light of Lost Souls" (July 1988, Dungeon issue 12)
• "A Question of Balance" (November 1988, Dungeon issue 14)
• "Necropolis" (March 1989, Dungeon issue 16)
• "The Serpent's Tooth" (September 1989, Dungeon issue 19)
• "White Fang" (November 1989, Dungeon issue 20)
• All game worlds
• The Castle Guide (1990 sourcebook, ISBN 0-88038-837-4) Design
• Tome of Magic (1991 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56076-107-5) Design
• Dungeons of Despair (1999 adventure, ISBN 0-7869-1444-0) Coauthor
• Forgotten Realms
• Draconomicon (1990 sourcebook, ISBN 0-88038-876-5)
• Ninja Wars (1990 adventure, ISBN 0-88038-895-1)
• Cult of the Dragon, FR (1998, ISBN 0-7869-0709-6) Additional/original design
• Greyhawk
• Greyhawk Adventures (1988 sourcebook, ISBN 0-88038-649-5) Additional design
• The Fate of Istus (1989 adventure, ISBN 0-88038-712-2) Coauthor
• Lankhmar
• Thieves of Lankhmar (1990 adventure, ISBN 0-88038-825-0)
• Ravenloft
• Van Richten's Guide to Vampires (1991 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56076-151-2)
• Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts (1993 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56076-633-6)
• Both reprinted in Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium: Volume One (1999, ISBN 0-7869-1447-5)
• Spelljammer
• Skull & Crossbows (1990 adventure, ISBN 0-88038-845-5)
• Practical Planetology (1991 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56076-134-2)
• Into the Void (1991 novel, ISBN 1-56076-154-7)
• Greyspace (1992 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56076-348-5)
• The Broken Sphere (1993 novel, ISBN 1-56076-596-8)

• Role Aids (unlicensed books published by Mayfair games)
• Witches (1990 sourcebook, ISBN 0-923763-24-4)
• Psionics (1991 sourcebook, ISBN 0-923763-31-7)
• To Hell and Back, Realms of Fantasy (1993 boxed set, ISBN 0-923763-62-7)

Shadowrun

• Sourcebooks
• The Universal Brotherhood (1990, ISBN 1-55560-024-7)
• Paranormal Animals of North America (1990, ISBN 1-55560-123-5)
• The Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America (1991, ISBN 1-55560-135-9) "Quebec and Quebec City"
• Native American Nations, Volume One (1991, ISBN 1-55560-130-8)
• Native American Nations, Volume Two (1991, ISBN 1-55560-158-8)
• The Neo-Anarchists' Guide to Real Life (1992, ISBN 1-55560-165-0)
• Shadowrun, Second Edition (1992, ISBN 1-55560-180-4) Additional Material
• Tir Tairngire (1993, ISBN 1-55560-197-9)
• Corporate Shadowfiles (1993, ISBN 1-55560-211-8)
• Lone Star (1994, ISBN 1-55560-230-4)
• Denver: The City of Shadows (1994, ISBN 1-55560-236-3) with Tom Dowd and Tom Wong
• Aztlan (1995, ISBN 1-55560-257-6)
• Underworld Sourcebook (1997, ISBN 1-55560-315-7) Concepts
• Shadowrun Gamemaster Screen: "Critters" (1998, ISBN 1-55560-369-6) Other original design

• Adventures
• One Stage Before (1992, ISBN 1-55560-192-8)
• Paradise Lost (1994, ISBN 1-55560-227-4) with Tom Wong
• Double Exposure (1994, ISBN 1-55560-240-1) with Fraser Cane
• Harlequin's Back (1994, ISBN 1-55560-248-7) "Aftermath" and Story Development
• "Denver Double Cross" (Spring 1995, Adventures Unlimited, issue #1)

• Novels
• 2XS (1991, ISBN 0-451-45139-2)
• Shadowplay (1993, ISBN 0-451-45228-3)
• Lone Wolf (1994, ISBN 0-451-45272-0)
• House of the Sun (1995, ISBN 0-451-45370-0)

Other RPGs

• Battletech: Virtual Worlds
• No Limits (1996 novel, ISBN 0-451-45525-8)

• Bloodshadows
• Padarr Citybook (1995 sourcebook, ISBN 0-87431-385-6)
• Fires of Marl (1995 sourcebook, ISBN 0-87431-388-0) Additional Material

• Buck Rogers XXVC
• Phases of the Moon (1991 adventure, ISBN 1-56076-095-8)

• Chill
• Horrors of North America (1991 sourcebook, ISBN 0-923763-41-4)
• Voodoo (1992 sourcebook, ISBN 0-923763-53-8)

• Earthdawn
• Denizens of Earthdawn Volume Two (1993 sourcebook, ISBN 1-55560-237-1)
• The Adept's Way (1995 sourcebook, ISBN 1-55560-260-6) Coauthor
• Lost Kaer (1998 novel, ISBN 1-55560-274-6)

• GURPS
• Illuminati (1992 sourcebook, ISBN 1-55634-223-3)
• "Playing With Your Mind, Secret Knowledge from GURPS Illuminati" (April 1992, Roleplayer issue 28)
• Supporting Cast (1993 sourcebook, ISBN 1-55634-267-5) with Fraser Cain
• Warehouse 23 (1997 sourcebook, ISBN 1-55634-328-0) Additional Material

• The Primal Order
• Pawns: The Opening Move (1992 sourcebook, ISBN 1-880992-08-6)
• Knights: Strategies in Motion (1993 sourcebook, ISBN 1-880992-10-8)

• The Roleplaying Game
• Planet of the Mists (1992 adventure, ISBN 0-87431-122-5)
• Goroth: Slave of the Empire (1995 supplement, ISBN 0-87431250-7)
• "Forbidden Fruit" (Summer 1995, Adventures Unlimited, issue #2)

• Storytelling System
• The Succubus Club (1991 adventure, ISBN 1-56504-011-2) Coauthor
• "Raiko" (February 1992, White Wolf, issue #30)
• Awakening: Diablerie Mexico (1992 adventure, ISBN 1-56504-018-X)
• Reprinted in the Diablerie compelation (1997, ISBN 1-56504-238-7)
• Dark Alliance: Vancouver (1993 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56504-059-7) with Geoff McMartin
• Street Fighter Player's Guide (1994 rulebook, ISBN 1-56504-550-5) Additional Writing
• Chicago Chronicles Vol. 1 (1996 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56504-219-0) Coauthor

• Torg
• Kanawa Personal Weapons (1991 sourcebook, ISBN 0-87431-320-1)
• Kanawa Heavy Weapons (1991 sourcebook, ISBN 0-87431-325-2)
• Kanawa Land Vehicles (1992 sourcebook, ISBN 0-87431-330-9)

• Underground
• Underground Notebook, (1993 sourcebook, ISBN 0-923763-91-0)
• Underground Player's Handbook (1994 sourcebook, ISBN 1-56905-014-7) Coauthor

• The Whispering Vault
• Dangerous Prey (1995 sourcebook, ISBN 1-886579-01-6)