Writer & Designer

Interactive fiction

• Founder, Three Story House; creator of the Inkspotter story games
• Creative Director at Xbox Entertainment Studios
• Co-founder of Fourth Wall Studios and Rides.TV, for which we won a Primetime Emmy award

AR and Mixed Reality

• Lead writer on the projects that created the ARG sub-genre
• Writer, designer, and consultant for Magic Leap

Books

• published 12 novels, including the internationally best-selling Cathy’s Book series, the first “Book 2.0”
• national awards for best SF, Young Adult, and Debut Mystery novels
• Multiple nominations for Nebula and World Fantasy Awards, including WFA winner Galveston (2001)

Embarrassing Semi-Professional Acting Gigs

• Alfred the Christmas Elf (Bonnie Doon shopping mall)
• murder mystery dinner theater

Human Things

• soccer dad and amateur gardener; married with two daughters.  Thank God I love Jane Austen.