I'm a novelist and video game designer.
My novels include SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE, YOU, CROOKED, and FIGHT ME. Soon I Will Be Invincible was nominated for the 2007 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize. My writing has also appeared in Granta, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.

I have two books forthcoming. BEAST MODE: Adventures in the Heart of the Video Game Industry (Galley Books, 2027), is a non-fiction book, a Kitchen Confidential for the video game industry. WE HATE WIZARD SCHOOL (First Second Books) where two teenagers attend a magical school for witches and wizards and find out it sucks.

My game credits include Ultima Underworld 2, System Shock, Trespasser, Deus Ex (BAFTA Game of the Year, 2001), Epic Mickey, and Dishonored (BAFTA for Best Game, 2012). I worked as Director of Game Design and Interactive Storytelling at Magic Leap, and I'm currently an adjunct professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
I have an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU and I'm A.B.D. in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.