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Sean Stewart is a U.S.

United States

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Science fiction

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and fantasy

Fantasy

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author.

Born in Lubbock, Texas

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, Sean Stewart moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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in 1968. After stints in Houston, Texas

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, Vancouver, British Columbia, Irvine, California

Irvine, California

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and Monterey, California

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, he now lives in Davis, California

Davis, California

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, with his wife and two daughters.

He received an Honors degree in English

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from University of Alberta

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in 1987, following which he spent many years writing novels. He gradually moved from writing novels to interactive fiction, first as lead writer on the Web based Alternate Reality Game

Alternate reality game

An alternate reality game is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions....

(http://www.cloudmakers.org) The Beast.

He served as a consultant on several computer games, and was on the management team of the 4orty2wo Entertainment

42 Entertainment

42 Entertainment is an American company based in Pasadena which specializes in creating and producing alternate reality games . The company was founded in 2003 as an independently-owned, creative content and interactive agency under the name 4orty 2wo Entertainment. The company started with a...

experiential marketing and entertainment company, where he was lead writer for Haunted Apiary aka ilovebees
Haunted Apiary
I Love Bees was an alternate reality game that served as both a real-world experience and viral marketing campaign for the release of developer Bungie's 2004 video game Halo 2. The game was created and developed by 42 Entertainment...

and Last Call Poker. His newest novel Cathy's Book
Cathy's Book
Cathy's Book is a young adult novel with alternative reality game elements by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman, illustrated by Cathy Brigg. It was first published September 12, 2006...

seems to represent the melding of his two careers, as it crosses the alternate reality game format with a teen novel. In 2007, he and several 4orty2wo co-founders left that company to start Fourth Wall Studios.

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