Graham Nelson

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Graham Nelson
Born	1968
Occupation	Managing editor

Graham A. Nelson (born 1968) is a British mathematician, poet, and the creator of the Inform design system for creating interactive fiction (IF) games. He has also authored several IF games, the most important ones being Curses (1993) and Jigsaw (1995).

Nelson is the author of the Inform Designer's Manual, which includes one of the first published works of interactive fiction theory, an essay titled "The Craft of Adventure". He has also written several important essays on interactive fiction in the field.

Nelson studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford, before becoming a fellow in pure mathematics at St Anne's College, Oxford. He co-edited Oxford Poetry and in 1997 received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors for his poetry.^[1] As of 2004 he was managing editor of Legenda, the imprint of the Modern Humanities Research Association.^[2]

Contents 1 Games 1.1 Written 1.2 Ported 2 Other works 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Games

[edit] Written

• Curses (1993, Z-code)
• Deja Vu (1993, Z-code)
• Balances (1994, Z-code)
• Jigsaw (1995, Z-code)
• The Meteor, The Stone, And A Long Glass Of Sherbet (as "Angela M. Horns", 1996, Z-code), for IF Comp 1996 (1st place). Was a finalist for Best Individual Puzzle, Best Puzzles, Best Writing, and Best Game at the XYZZY Awards 1996
• The Tempest (1997, Z-code), for IF Comp 1997 (25th place). Winner of Best Use of Medium at the XYZZY Awards 1997.
• Time and Dwarves (1998, Inform source code). Demo code for Inform programmers.
• The Reliques of Tolti-Aph (2006, Z-code)

[edit] Ported

• Adventure
• Adventureland
• Crobe
• Fyleet
• Quest for the Sangraal

[edit] Other works

• (1995) "The Craft of the Adventure" (2nd ed)
• (1997) Singularities, with Polly Clark and Tim Kendall. Oxford: Hubble Press. ISBN 0 953198 90 1. Anthology of poetry
• (2001) Inform Designers Manual (4th ed), with Gareth Rees. Placet Solutions, ISBN 0 971311 90 0

[edit] References

1. ^ Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards (winners), Society of Authors. Accessed 2007-04-19.
2. ^ "New Partners for Oxford University's Legenda Imprint", 2004-10-21. Modern Humanities Research Association. Accessed 2007-04-19

[edit] External links

• Homepage of Graham Nelson
• The Inform homepage
• Graham Nelson's entry in Baf's Guide to IF archive
• Nelson's Index to Oxford Poetry
• IFWiki's page for Graham Nelson

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NAME	Nelson, Graham
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	editor, interactive fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH	1968
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