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...
Nick Montfort

Nick Montfort

male
Nick Montfort is a poet, computer scientist, scholar of new media and game studies, and author of interactive fiction who is moving away from...
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...

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...
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...

Don Woods

male
Don Woods (born April 30, 1954) is an American perennial hacker and computer programmer. Woods teamed with James M. Lyon while both were attending...
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"...

Michael Berlyn

male, 60 years old
Michael Berlyn is an American computer game designer and writer. He is best known as part of the Infocom text adventure game design team. Berlyn...