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  1. Yan Zheng

    Yan Zheng is a PhD student from the University of Glasgow. Her research investigates the narrative strategies of story apps for children. She questions how the mechanism of storytelling works and what impact such mechanism may have on the reception and perception of the story. She is interested in different affordances of different media concerning storytelling, and also the similarities of storytelling on different platforms. Yan has an MPhil degree on children’s literature from the University of Cambridge in 2012 when she started to have great interest in stories told in picture book format. In 2014, Yan worked with a French digital publisher in developing a story app, The Great Ghost Chase. Yan also tests apps for Nosy Crow, a British independent children’s publisher. Currently she is doing her PhD research in distance in Cambridge MA in the United States. (Source: author's bio ICDMT 2016)

    Hannah Ackermans - 12.12.2016 - 14:35

  2. Babycastles

    Babycastles is a registered 501C3 non-profit collective with roots in New York's D.I.Y. culture dedicated to building platforms for diversity in video games culture at every level from creators to consumers, connecting the independent game developer community with the broader New York art community, identifying exciting new voices in game creation from around the world and providing them exposure to new audiences.

    (Source: http://babycastles.com/)

    Alvaro Seica - 18.01.2017 - 15:22

  3. Neil Gaiman

    Neil Gaiman's work has been honoured with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His books and stories have also been honoured with 4 Hugos, 2 Nebulas, 1 World Fantasy Award, 4 Bram Stoker Awards, 6 Locus Awards, 2 British SF Awards, 1 British Fantasy Award, 3 Geffens, 1 International Horror Guild Award and 2 Mythopoeic Awards. Full list here.

    (Source: http://www.neilgaiman.com/About_Neil)

    Hannah Ackermans - 07.02.2017 - 15:24

  4. Lena Susanne Ristesund Silseth

    Student in humanities at the University of Bergen (Digital Culture). Born in Bergen, but lived in Narvik for four years studying computer engineering.

    Lena Silseth - 24.08.2017 - 14:36

  5. Filip J. Falk

    Filip J. Falk

    Filip Falk - 24.08.2017 - 14:44

  6. Pål Alvsaker

    Pål Alvsaker

    Pål Alvsaker - 24.08.2017 - 14:44

  7. Ole Samdal

    Ole Samdal is a Norwegian student of digital culture at the University of Bergen, in Norway. He is also the leader of the student board for digital culture (2016 - present).

    Ole Samdal - 24.08.2017 - 14:47

  8. David Wiesner

    David Wiesner is one of the best-loved and most highly acclaimed picture book creators in the world. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won numerous awards in the United States and abroad. Three of the picture books he both wrote and illustrated became instant classics when they won the prestigious Caldecott Medal: Tuesday in 1992, The Three Pigs in 2002, and Flotsam in 2007, making him only the second person in the award's long history to have won three times. He has also received three Caldecott Honors, for Free Fall, Sector 7, and Mr. Wuffles!.

    Wiesner grew up in suburban New Jersey, known to his classmates as "the kid who could draw." He went on to become a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was able to commit himself to the full-time study of art and to explore further his passion for visual storytelling. He soon discovered that picture books were the perfect vehicle for his work.

    Ole Samdal - 31.08.2017 - 13:27

  9. Les inéditeurs

    Les inéditeurs, a team of 4 seasoned people in digital creation, notably for young audience, who crafts multimedia since the very beginnings, and who creates and spread unpublished quality works, out of the mainstream shapes.

    Pål Alvsaker - 07.09.2017 - 15:35

  10. David Foster Wallace

    David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American writer and university instructor in the disciplines of English and creative writing. His novel Infinite Jest (1996) was listed by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. His last novel, The Pale King (2011), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2012.

    (Source: Wikipedia entry on David Foster Wallace)

    Glenn Solvang - 24.10.2017 - 15:39

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