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| Born | June 26, 1969 Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
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Austin Seth Grossman (born June 26, 1969) [1] is an American author and video game designer. He has contributed to The New York Times [2] and has written for a number of video games, most notably Deus Ex and Dishonored .
Grossman was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1991 [3] and pursued a graduate student in English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. [4] He is the twin brother of writer Lev Grossman and brother of sculptor Bathsheba Grossman, and the son of the poet Allen Grossman and the novelist Judith Grossman. Grossman is currently working at Impossible Industries, LLC as a Freelance contractor on various projects. [5] Grossman's father was born Jewish [6] and his mother was raised Anglican. [7]
Grossman started his career in the game industry by replying to a classified ad in The Boston Globe in May 1992 that led him to Looking Glass Studios, where in System Shock he pioneered the audio log technique for storytelling in narrative games. Grossman has worked with DreamWorks Interactive, Ion Storm, and Crystal Dynamics, and served as Director of Game Design and Interactive Story at Magic Leap.
Grossman is the author of the novel Soon I Will Be Invincible , which was published by Pantheon Books in 2007. [4] His second book, entitled YOU , debuted in April 2013. [8] His third novel, Crooked , came out in July 2015. [9]
| Year | Title | Developer |
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| 1993 | Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds | LookingGlass Technologies |
| 1994 | System Shock | |
| 1995 | Flight Unlimited | |
| 1996 | Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri | |
| 1998 | Trespasser | DreamWorks Interactive |
| 2000 | Deus Ex | Ion Storm |
| 2001 | Clive Barker's Undying | EA Los Angeles |
| Battle Realms | Liquid Entertainment | |
| 2004 | Thief: Deadly Shadows | Ion Storm |
| 2006 | Tomb Raider: Legend | Crystal Dynamics |
| 2008 | Frontlines: Fuel of War | Kaos Studios N-Fusion Interactive |
| 2012 | Dishonored | Arkane Studios |
| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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Soon I Will Be Invincible is a novel by Austin Grossman, published by Pantheon Books and released on June 5, 2007. The novel uses two alternating first person narratives—the first told from the point of view of Fatale, a female cyborg recruited by the superhero group The New Champions as they investigate the disappearance of a superhero named CoreFire. The other narrative is told from the point of view of Dr. Impossible, a supervillain possessing super-human strength and intellect who suffers from Malign Hypercognition Disorder. The plot follows Impossible's thirteenth attempt to take over the world after escaping from prison.
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You: A Novel is a 2013 techno-thriller novel by author Austin Grossman. It was released on April 16, 2013, through Mulholland Books and centers on a game developer that takes a job at a company created by two formerly close friends, only to end up putting his own life in jeopardy in the process.
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Crooked is a novel by author Austin Grossman, published in 2015 by Mulholland Books. It is a cosmic horror fantasy and secret history of the Cold War and the Watergate scandal, narrated by a fictionalized Richard Nixon.
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