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March 1-4, 2027
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Find a full list of this year's GDC Festival of Gaming speakers here.

Books Schwartz, Senior Narrative Designer, Microfun

Books Schwartz is a professional narrative designer and game writer. They started in video games with the mobile smash hit Lifeline, and have gone on to work at places like Ubisoft Stockholm, CD Projekt, Possibility Space, Sony Santa Monica Studio, and Studio Drydock. They currently work on narrative-focused mobile games at Microfun. Prior to working in video games, they spent a decade designing and running larps at summer camps for kids and teens and in Polish castles for adults.

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