Emily Short

Emily Short

female
Emily Short is the pseudonym of an interactive fiction (IF) writer, perhaps best known for her debut game "Galatea" and her use of psychologically...
Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

male, deceased (2001)
Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. He is best known as author of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the G...
Bob Bates

Bob Bates

male
Bob Bates began his game writing career at Infocom in 1986. Since then he has written, designed, produced, or contributed to more than 30 games...

Andrew Plotkin

male
Andrew Plotkin, also known as Zarf, is an award-winning interactive fiction author and an important figure in the modern interactive fiction...
Graham Nelson

Graham Nelson

male, 41 years old
Graham A. Nelson (born 1968) is a British mathematician, poet, and the creator of the Inform design system for creating interactive fiction (IF)...
Steve Meretzky

Steve Meretzky

male, 52 years old
Steven Eric Meretzky (born May 1, 1957) is an American computer game designer, with dozens of titles to his credit. He has been involved in almost...
Adam Cadre

Adam Cadre

male, 35 years old
Adam Cadre (born February 5, 1974 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a U.S. writer. He gained prominence in the world of interactive fiction with works...
Dave Lebling

Dave Lebling

male, 59 years old
P. David Lebling (born 1949) was an interactive fiction game designer, or "implementor", at Infocom. He was born in Washington, D.C., grew up in...
Brian Moriarty

Brian Moriarty

male, 53 years old
Brian Moriarty (born 1956) is an American game developer who authored three of the original Infocom interactive fiction titles, "Wishbringer"...
Marc Blank

Marc Blank

male, 54 years old
Marc Blank is an American computer game designer and game programmer. He is best known as part of the team that created one of the first hit text...