Sheri Graner Ray

Sheri Graner Ray is a Sr. Game Designer for Electronic Arts and has been designing computer games since 1989. She has worked on award winning titles such as the Ultima series, the Nancy Drew Series, Star Wars Galaxies, Fusion Fall, and Geocommander. She is the founder and former director of Women in Games International and also founded the Women in Games SIG of the IGDA and served as its director for 10 years. Her book “Gender Inclusive Game Design-Expanding the Market” which was nominated for Game Developer’s Book of the Year. She has been awarded the IGDA’s Game Developer’s Choice award and has been on the Hollywood Reporter and WGEN’s list of top women in games. Currently she lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Tim.

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