Author of “Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, and Inform”, Freelance Writer and Game Designer (San Francisco)

Sande Chen is the author of Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, and Inform, and a freelance writer and game designer.

She has written for mainstream and industry publications, such as GameDev.Net(http://www.gamedev.net), and was a contributor to Secrets of the Game Business on the topic of online business models. Her past game credits include IGF winner Terminus, Siege of Avalon, Scooby Doo, and JamDat Scrabble. Sande graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with dual degrees in Economics and in Writing and Humanistic Studies.

Afterwards, she continued to combine her love of creative media with her analytical skills by earning a M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and a M.F.A. in Cinema-Television from the University of Southern California. In 1996, she was nominated for a Grammy in music video direction.