Who is Jane Jensen:
She considers herself, at heart, a writer -- a novelist. Her main literary influences are Stephen King and Anne Rice. She is also a researcher, putting hundreds of hours into the depth of her stories. For The Beast Within, the second Gabriel Knight mystery, Jensen traveled to Germany, the site of the story, to conduct historical research. She believes this research truly creates the feel for the story, and gives depth to its realism.
Jensen's technical background began with a degree in Computer Science from Anderson University in Indiana. Later, she became an engineer for Hewlett-Packard, and was employed there for six years. Her career in interactive entertainment began at Sierra On-Line in 1991. Since then, she has had the opportunity to work on such hit titles as Police Quest 3; Gabriel Knight- Sins of the Fathers; Ecoquest; King's Quest VI and Pepper's Adventures In Time. As designer of Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers, Jensen was honored when the game won Computer Gaming World's Adventure Game of the Year and also Best of Show at CES. This accolade was actually surpassed with her next Gabriel Knight adventure, The Beast Within, which netted Jane the top honor that Computer Gaming World can bestow: overall Game of the Year!
Jane loves to hear your reactions on her games and novels,
Her work:
"Jane Jensen is an interactive storyteller. With a natural ability to bring to life elaborate tales from her imaginative mind, her stories have come to life in ways that the storytellers of the past could never imagine. Her storytelling medium is the adventure game."
-Erik Twelker: Interaction Magazine Spring 1999 issue.
Jane Jensen is the ultimate story-teller. She breathes life into her newborn plot; invents her characters' ideas and thoughts, creates the time and the place for the adventure, and decides the destiny of her characters. Jensen revels in creating her story, and in watching it come to life.
you can send her e-mail if you wish.
Jane Jensens latest game is:
Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. This is the third adventure game for Gabriel, the shadowhunter/hero she created in 1993.
Gabriel Knight's first two adventures; Sins of the Fathers and The Beast Within were both multi-award winning games.
The Gabriel Knight Collectors Edition!
containing the following items:
Gabriel Knight is also the star of two books:"Sins of the Fathers." and "The Beast Within".Both can be ordered from www.amazon.com
Finally, Jane Jensen had a deal with Random House's Del Ray division
to write two novels.
The first "Millennium Rising", shipped in hardback in October '99 and in softcover under the title "Judgment Day" in 2000.
In December 2003 her second novel "Dante's Equation" shipped in hardcover and won the prestigious Phillip K. Dick award Special Citation.
If you want to find out more about Jane's books, visit her Website!