# Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry - Hardcover

by **Mary Kenney** (Author), **Salini Perera** (Illustrator)

**Discover the women behind the video games we love**\--**the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built**\--**and how they changed the industry forever.**

Women have always made video games, from the 1960s and the first-of-its-kind, projector-based _Sumerian Game_ to the blockbuster _Uncharted_ games that defined the early 2000s. Women have been behind the writing, design, scores, and engines that power one of the most influential industries out there. In _Gamer Girls,_ now you can explore the stories of 25 of those women. Bursting with bold artwork, easy-to-read profiles, and real-life stories of the women working on games like _Centipede, Final Fantasy, Halo,_ and more, this dynamic illustrated book shows what a huge role women have played--and will continue to play--in the creation of video games.

With additional sidebars about other influential women in the industry, as well as a glossary and additional resources page, _Gamer Girls_ offers a look into the work and lives of influential pixel queens such as:

-   **Roberta Williams** (one of the creators of the adventure genre)
-   **Mabel Addis Mergardt** (the first person to write a video game)
-   **Muriel Tramis** (the French "knight" of video games)
-   **Keiko Erikawa** (creator of the otome genre)
-   **Yoko Shimomura** (composer for _Street Fighter_, _Final Fantasy,_ and _Kingdom Hearts_)
-   **Rebecca Heineman** (first national video game tournament champion)
-   **Danielle Bunten Berry** (creator of M.U.L.E. and early advocate for multiplayer games)
-   **and more!**

Whether you're a gamer girl who plays video games, a gamer girl who makes video games, or a parent raising a gamer girl, this entertaining, inspiring book will have you itching to pick up a controller or create your own video games!

### Author Biography

**Mary Kenney** writes critically acclaimed video games, long-form non-fiction, essays, and short stories. She works at Insomniac Games, where she was on the writing team for _Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales_ and _Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart_, and was a lead writer on Telltale's _The Walking Dead_ series. Before making games, she studied in the game design master's program at New York University, and she teaches narrative design at Indiana University. She was an award-winning journalist with bylines in _The New York Times_, Salon, and Kotaku. When not writing or gaming, she can be found buried in a book, running a tabletop RPG, or trying to keep her forest of indoor plants alive.

**Number of Pages:** 160

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 9.4 x 7.7 IN

**Publication Date:** July 19, 2022

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- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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