Writer and video game designer living and working in northern California. One dog, one fiance, two parrots, lots of books. My fiction and poetry have appeared in Electric Velocipede, Asimov's, Not One of Us, Mythic Delirium, and others. See philomathgames.com and erinhoffman.com for more info.
Author and video game designer Erin Hoffman was born in San Diego and now lives with her husband, two parrots, and two dogs in northern California. She is the author of the Chaos Knight series from Pyr books, beginning with
Sword of Fire and Sea, followed by
Lance of Earth and Sky in April 2012 and
Shield of Sea and Space in 2013.
Her video game credits include
DragonRealms,
Shadowbane: The Lost Kingdom, GoPets: Vacation Island, Kung Fu Panda World, and
FrontierVille. She writes for the award-winning online magazine
The Escapist, and has had fiction and poetry in
Asimov's Science Fiction, Electric Velocipede, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and more. In 2004 her blog on game industry quality of life, "ea_spouse" was covered by the
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and
LA Times, and is now referenced in numerous game history and corporate history studies.
Erin's games have won multiple awards and have been played by millions of kids and adults worldwide. She is multiethnic, with family names including Lee, Asakawa (yonsei), and Drake in addition to Hoffman.
Visit Erin Hoffman’s website.
Author and video game designer Erin Hoffman was born in San Diego and now lives with her husband, two parrots, and two dogs in northern California. She is the author of the Chaos Knight series from Pyr books, beginning with
Sword of Fire and Sea, followed by
Lance of Earth and Sky in April 2012 and
Shield of Sea and Space in 2013.
Her video game credits include
DragonRealms,
Shadowbane: The Lost Kingdom, GoPets: Vacation Island, Kung Fu Panda World, and
FrontierVille. She writes for the award-winning online magazine
The Escapist, and has had fiction and poetry in
Asimov's Science Fiction, Electric Velocipede, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and more. In 2004 her blog on game industry quality of life, "ea_spouse" was covered by the
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and
LA Times, and is now referenced in numerous game history and corporate history studies.
Erin's games have won multiple awards and have been played by millions of kids and adults worldwide. She is multiethnic, with family names including Lee, Asakawa (yonsei), and Drake in addition to Hoffman.
Visit Erin Hoffman’s website.
