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珍妮·诺瓦科（Jeannie Novak）是Indiespace公司（www.indiespace.com）的创始人，该公司是最早推动和推广在线交互游戏的公司之一。珍妮还是在线艺术学院游戏艺术和设计课程的主题专家和讲师，同时她还在加州大学洛杉矶分校的设计艺术中心学院和圣特莫尼卡大学的娱乐与技术学院任教。她也曾经多次在各种会议和大学里就游戏开发和交互娱乐发表过演说，包括Macworld会议、Internet World会议和Indie Game（IGC）会议。她还和其他人一起编著了另外三本关于交互娱乐产业的书籍，其中包括《创建因特网娱乐》。此外，她也是国际游戏开发者协会（IGCA）的成员，并为加州大学交互艺术与科学学院（AIAS）的招生委员会和“ALT+CTRL独立与非传统游戏”节提供帮助。 珍妮曾被《MicroTime》杂志评选为高科技界100位最具影响力的人物之一，包括CNN，《Billboard》杂志和洛杉矶时报等多家电视台和杂志都对她作过报道。她获得了加州大学洛杉饥分校（UCLA）大众信息专业的学士学位，南加州大学（USC）信息管理专业的硕士学位，毕业时获得过大学优等生等多项荣誉。在写书和教学之余，她把大部分的时间都花在了录音、表演和作曲上。想得到更多关于本书作者的信息，请登录www.jeannie.com。