Sheri Graner Ray has been in the game industry since 1990. She has worked for such companies as Electronic Arts, Origin Systems, Sony Online Entertainment and Cartoon Network, and on such licenses as Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima, and Nancy Drew. She is author of the book, “Gender Inclusive Game Design-Expanding the Market” and is the game industry’s leading expert on gender and computer games. In 2005 she was awarded the IGDA’s Game Developer’s Choice award for her work in gender and games. She is a game design and production consultant and is currently serving as the chair of Women In Games International; an organization she co-founded.
While she has worked as everything from a writer/designer to head of her own studio, her first love is game design and she describes herself as a “hard-core gamer.” She currently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Tim.