Modern IF Author, Administrator of annual IF Competition October 28, 2007
  Stephen Granade
Interviewed in: Madison, AL
Stephen Granade is one of the rare writers who was paid, for some amount of time, to write about Interactive Fiction regularly. While employed by about.com, he maintained a section on the subject, including links and essays. With the closure/ending of his time with about.com, he still had the rights to his works and used this as the foundation for a new site, Brass Lantern, which reviews and analyzes interactive fiction.

Granade is also the current maintainer/organizer of The Annual IF Competition (also known as the IF Comp), one of the main locations where IF works are given a showcase and compete for prizes.

Madison, Alabama is not actually near any particular airport that I could get a flight from Boston to, so conducting the interview required a 100+ mile drive from Atlanta and back in the same day. I made my flight but immediately regretted not driving in that direction the previous evening when I passed the U.S. Space Camp on the way to his house.

1995 Waystation.
1995 Undertow.
1998 Losing Your Grip.
1998 Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Cliches.
1998 Contributes multiple games to the Textfire parody pack.
1999 Common Ground.
2001 Constraints.
2001 Pong.
2001 MC.
2003 Cave of Adventure.
2003 AAS Masters.
2006 Child's Play.
Footage Screenshots
Files and Collections
sgranade.jpg (26K) Stephen Granade headshot, used for speaking engagements.
stephen.jpg (167K) Photo of Jason interviewing Stephen Granade, taken by Misty Granade