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Sheri Graner Ray is an American computer game designer. Active since 1990, she has worked for such companies as
Women in Games International
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Sheri Graner Ray is an American computer game designer. Active since 1990, she has worked for such companies as Electronic Arts
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, Origin Systems
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, Sony Online Entertainment
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, and Cartoon Network
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, and has worked on such licenses as ''Star Wars Galaxies
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'', ''Ultima
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'', and ''Nancy Drew
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''. She is author of the book ''Gender Inclusive Game Design-Expanding the Market'' and is the computer game industry's leading expert on the subject of gender and computer games.
''The Hollywood Reporter
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'' named Ray one of the 100 most influential women in the video game industry in 2004. In 2005 she received the International Game Developers Association
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Award for Community Contribution at the Game Developers Choice Awards
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for her work on women's interests in the video game industry. She served as Chair of the Steering Committee for Women In Games International, a non-profit organization she co-founded.
She currently lives in Austin, Texas
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with her husband, Tim.
References
External links
*http://www.SheriGranerRay.com *https://web.archive.org/web/20070623123227/http://www.gamedev.net/columns/events/coverage/feature.asp?feature_id=44 *https://web.archive.org/web/20061127184038/http://www.misbehaving.net/2005/02/igda_honours_sh.htmlWomen in Games International
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