Austin Grossman


Austin Seth Grossman is an American author and video game designer. He has contributed to The New York Times and has written for a number of video games, most notably Deus Ex and Dishonored.

Life

Grossman was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1991 and is currently a graduate student in English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the twin brother of writer Lev Grossman and brother of sculptor Bathsheba Grossman, and the son of the poet Allen Grossman and the novelist Judith Grossman. Grossman is currently working at Arkane Studios.
Grossman started his career in the game industry replying to a classified ad in The Boston Globe in May 1992 that led him to Looking Glass Studios. Grossman has worked with DreamWorks Interactive, Ion Storm and Crystal Dynamics. He is director of game design and interactive story at Magic Leap.
He is the author of the novel Soon I Will Be Invincible, which was published by Pantheon Books in 2007. His second book, entitled YOU, debuted in April 2013. His third novel, Crooked, came out in July 2015.

Works

Books