Stu Galley

Stu Galley is an American developer of interactive fiction who was an Implementor at Infocom. He also served as corporate clerk from incorporation in 1979 to merging with Activision in 1986. He wrote three of Infocom's original interactive fiction titles, The Witness (1983), Seastalker (with Jim Lawrence, 1984) and Moonmist (with Jim Lawrence, 1986). As a result he joined the Mystery Writers of America by invitation. He started writing profession... more

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