I am pleased to announce that J.R. Blackwell is joining Galileo Games as our Creative Director. J.R. produced her first game, Shelter in Place, with Galileo Games and the success of that project let me know that J.R. would be a good addition to the Galileo team.  This year she will be working with Galileo as we expand into producing original fiction and online content.

J.R. Blackwell is a writer, photographer and avid gamer. She has been gaming since she was a child and enjoys tabletop, board games and LARPing. She has been published in a variety of formats, and has an essay in the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. She received her Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania where she studied creative writing. Her photography has been in magazines and on book covers. If you want to know more about J.R., there are variety print and audio interviews with her available for free on her website: http://jrblackwell.wordpress.com/about/

This year is a time of growth for Galileo Games. This means new games, art and fiction as well as new supplements for our existing games. Having J.R. on the team means that we have the opportunity to experiment with new ways of reaching our fans, from e-books to podcasts to more blog posts and social media content.  You can count on hearing from J.R. here on the Galileo blog in the next year as she lets you know about the development of new games, interviews, and fiction.

If you have any questions for J.R. about her background, gaming history, or you just want to welcome her in her new role with us, feel free to leave a comment below. J.R. will be answering questions on this post all this week.