Daniel Ravipinto is a writer, Emmy-award winning computer programmer, musician, and gamer. He has written a chapter in Fantasy Literature: Challenging Genres, The Grey City fantasy series, and The Nitpicking Podcasts, all of which he co-authored with Neil McGarry. Daniel is author of several award-winning interactive-fiction games as well as the RPG The Glass Bead Game which was a finalist in the Game Chef 2006 competition, the RPG Joe in Ten Persons (2009), and the card game Real Politik (2007).