Steven-Elliot Altman is an American author, graphic novelist, video game writer-director, producer, screenwriter and the current chief executive officer of a software company called Social Impulse that services the videogame industry.

Novels

*''Captain America is dead.'' (1992) (Jabberwocky Press) *''The Flyswatter Agenda'' *''Zen in the art of Slaying Vampires'' (1994) (Hell's Kitchen Books) *''The Touch: Epidemic of the Millennium'' (an anthology) (2000)(Simon & Schuster) *''Tao Damphire'' (Referenced. No Publication Data Found) *''Deprivers'' (2003) (Bestseller) (Ace/Penguin Putnam) *''Fear Itself (Batman novel)'' (with

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) (2007) (DC Comics / Del Rey) *''Infinite Mirror (Batman novel)'' (with

) (Sequestered) (DC Comics / Del Rey) *''The Killswitch Review'' (with Diane Dekelb-Rittenhouse) (2009) (Yard Dog Press) (2011-2012) (Serialized on

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) *''Severed Wings'' (2020) (WordFire Press)

Video games

*''9Dragons Online'' (Published 2007) (Massively Multiple Online Roleplaying Game) (Written By / Game Director)(

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) *''2Moons'' (Published 2008) (Massively Multiple Online Roleplaying Game) (Game Director) (

) *''Mafia Payoff'' (Published 2009) (Facebook Game) (Written By) (

) *''My Diva Doll'' (Published 2009) (PC Game) (Executive Oversight) (

) *''Ponystars'' (Published 2009) (PC Game) (Executive Oversight) (

) *''Tribal Nations'' (Published 2009) (PC Game) (Executive Oversight) (

) *''RockFREE'' (Published 2010) (Facebook Game) (Executive Oversight) (

) *''Prize Potato'' (Published 2010) (Facebook Game) (Executive Oversight) (

) *''

Entropia Universe ''Entropia Universe'' is a massively multiplayer online (MMORPG) virtual universe designed by the Swedish software company MindArk, based in Gothenburg. ''Entropia'' uses a micropayment business model, in which players may buy in-game currenc ...

'' (Published 2012) (massively multiplayer online virtual universe) (Affiliate Program Designer) ( MindArk) *'' Pearl's Peril'' (Published 2013) (Episodic Hidden Object Adventure Game, Facebook, iPhone and iPad) (Written By / Narrative Designer) (

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) *''Phrazzle'' (Published 2013) (Puzzle Game, Facebook, iPhone and iPad) (Producer) ( GameFly) *''

Ancient Aliens ''Ancient Aliens'' is an American television series that explores the pseudohistorical and pseudoarchaeological ancient astronauts hypothesis, past human- extraterrestrial contact, UFOs, government conspiracies and related pseudoscientific topi ...

'' (Published 2016) (Facebook, Android, iPhone, iPad) (Producer / Written By / Narrative Designer) (

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/ 5th Column Games) *'' Terminator: Dark Fate'' (Published 2019) (Android, Tablet, iPhone, iPad) (Game Story By) (Firefly Games /

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) *''

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'' (Published 2020) (Android, Tablet, iPhone, iPad) (Producer / Written By / Narrative Designer) (

/ Three Gates)

Graphic novels

*''The Irregulars'' (with

) (2005) (Dark Horse) *''Catholic Schoolgirls of the Apocalypse'' (with Tricia Riley Hale) *''Joust''

Short stories

*"A Blind Virgin Like A Loaded Gun" (2000) (From the anthology ''The Touch'', Simon & Schuster) *"Reach Out And Touch Someone" (2001) *"A Case of Royal Blood" (2003) (From the Hugo Award Winning anthology ''

Shadows Over Baker Street ''Shadows Over Baker Street'' is an anthology of stories, each by a different author and each concerning an exploit of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes set against the backdrop of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The collection is edited ...

'', Del Rey Books) *"Even a Broken Clock" (2004) (From the anthology ''Blondes In Trouble'') *"Suffer Not a Witch to Live in Kansas" (2011) (From the anthology
I Should Have Stayed in Oz
', Yard Dog Press)

Screenplays

*''Deprivers'' **Director:

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**Production Co: Mandalay Pictures **Studio: Columbia TriStar *''Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires'' **Director:

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**Production Co: Capitol Films and Unity Films

Videogame field

An avid gamer and award-winning writer, Altman was mentored in social game metrics by industry rock star David Perry. Altman’s first game writing assignment was reportedly in 1996, writing the CD Rom DC Universe for Judson Rosebush (Visual FX Master of

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) in a seedy back room of Carnegie Hall. Altman was later enticed to join

by former

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co-Founder and Chairman Howard Marks, initially as the writer for the game ''9Dragons'' and later as Game Director/Director of Marketing. After assessing Altman’s business acumen and marketing experience, Marks gave Altman full directorial control of Acclaim’s download division. Altman also wrote Facebook social games for Acclaim, including Mafia Payoff, and oversaw the hiring, training and content of all writers on all games, including Ponystars, MyDivaDoll and Tribal Nations, while managing staff in multiple global offices. In May 2010, Acclaim was purchased by

Playdom Playdom was an online social network game developer popular on Facebook, Google+ and Myspace. The company was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area by University of California, Berkeley graduates Ling Xiao and Chris Wang and Swarthmore College g ...

, the fourth largest Social Game company, which in turn was acquired by

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

. Altman was offered the opportunity to come on board with Playdom, but declined in lieu of the offer to become an advisory board member of a software company called Manumatix to help develop the popular Bamboo software platform for the branded entertainment space, and eventually found Socialtype LLC, and transform Bamboo to serve the videogame space. Altman has also served as the Vice-Chairman elect of the steering committee of the Videogame Division of the Writers Guild of America since 2008, and has served as a Finalist Judge for their Video Game Awards since 2009. In 2013, Altman wrote and narrative designed the popular Facebook/IOS story-driven Hidden Object game Pearl's Peril for Berlin-based

, currently the fifth biggest video game producer.

Authorial field

Altman is a bestselling Science Fiction author, an outlet that he self-proclaims, "allows him to infuse his passion for technology into envisioning how social networks will transform the society of tomorrow". Altman’s novels include Captain America is Dead, Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires, Batman: Fear Itself, The Killswitch Review, The Irregulars and Deprivers. His writing has inspired illustrations and cover art from artists such as

Edward Gorey Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. Hi ...

John Jude Palencar John Jude Palencar (born February 26, 1957) is an American illustrator and fine artist, who specializes in works of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. In 2010, he was given the Hamilton King Award. His highly detailed work is described as co ...

and Ben Templesmith.

Honors and awards

*Bestseller List for Deprivers (Novel) - Author *Active member of the

Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is the joint efforts of two different US labor unions representing TV and film writers: * The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), headquartered in New York City and affiliated with the AFL–CIO * The Writers Gu ...

*Active member of the

Writers Guild of Canada The Writers Guild of Canada is an organization representing more than 2,500 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and digital media production in Canada. Members of the Guild write dramatic TV series, feature films, Movies o ...

*Active member of the

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. Whil ...

*Active member of the

Horror Writers Association The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of Horror and Dark fantasy writers. Overview HWA was formed in 1985 with t ...

*MMOsite Reader's Choice Awards for ''9Dragons'' - Best Storyline, Best New Game, Best PVP *

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Game On! Mobile Application Video Game Challenge - Finalist Judge (2014) *Nominated for a Develop Award for Pearl's Peril - Best Use of Narrative in a Game (2014)Develop Awards

References

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