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Anna Anthropy is a game designer, author, and educator. Her interactive fiction includes the ten-second game Queers in Love at the End of the World and her books include Make Your Own Twine Games!, a kids' introduction to writing interactive stories. She teaches game design in Chicago, where she lives with her familiar, a little black cat named Encyclopedia Frown. See more of her work on triple-a-games.biz.
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