Shannon Gilligan

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Shannon Gilligan
BornUnited States
Nationality American
Genre Interactive fiction
Partner R. A. Montgomery

Shannon Gilligan is an author of interactive fiction and computer games.

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Early life and education

Gilligan graduated from Williams College in 1981 [1] and spent a year abroad at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.

Career

Gilligan has been extensively involved in the Choose Your Own Adventure series, having written five books in the main series and six others in the "Younger Readers" series. [2] Her stepsons, Ramsey Montgomery(deceased) and Anson Montgomery, wrote several books in the series as well. Shannon was married to the series co-founder, R. A. Montgomery. [3] She also worked in mystery computer games for Activision such as The Elk Moon Murder and the Murder Mystery series for Creative Multimedia. Following her work with Creative Multimedia, she would form Spark Interactive to develop the Windows and Mac software Comic Creator - which was voted "Best Software of the Year" by People Magazine in 1995. [4] [5]

In 2003, Gilligan and her husband, R.A. Montgomery, founded Chooseco, a Choose Your Own Adventure publisher to launch books in print and ebooks. [6]

She lives in Warren, Vermont. [1]

Bibliography

Gilligan's works have been translated into twenty languages. [1]

Choose Your Own Adventure series

Mystery games

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Unicorn Princess". Moby the Great. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  2. ↑ "Author Bios". Chooseco. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Educational Paperback Association 1986 Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award presented to Edward Packard & R.A. Montgomery January 1987". Educational Book & Media Association. January 1987. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "EVOLUTION". Chooseco. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "CQCM board and staff bios: Shannon Gilligan". www.kidsfirst.org. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  6. ↑ "About us". www.cyoa.com. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  7. ↑ Fantastic Fiction
  8. 1 2 3 "Shannon Gilligan | Writer, Producer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  9. ↑ "Valley Reporter". November 19, 2014. Archived from the original on 4 Mar 2016.
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