Lorelei Shannon (born 1965 in Mesa, Arizona) is an American writer of
horror and computer games.Shannon is the author of a number of books
and short stories. Her work has been listed in The Supernatural Index:
A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird, and Horror
Anthologies, by Mike Ashley and William G. Contento. She co-edited the
anthology Hours of Darkness for Scorpius Digital Publishing, which
contained stories by well-known horror authors such as Ramsey
Campbell, Peter Crowther, Dennis Etchison, Joe R. Lansdale, and
Richard Christian Matheson.She is a designer and screenwriter for
three games from Sierra On-Line. Shannon co-designed King's Quest VII,
a 1994 installment in Sierra Entertainment's King's Quest computer
game series, with Sierra founder Roberta Williams. Shannon's sequel to
Roberta Williams's horror game Phantasmagoria, called Phantasmagoria:
A Puzzle of Flesh, caused a storm of controversy when it was banned in
Singapore and Australia for violent and sexual content. Sears stores
throughout the U.S. refused to carry the game. Throughout Shannon's
time at Sierra On-Line, she wrote material for many classic Sierra
games such as Laura Bow and Police Quest, and worked with many of
Sierra's "stars", such as Scott Murphy, Al Lowe, Corey Cole, Josh
Mandel, and Jane Jensen.Shannon has also worked as a technical
documentation, director, voice actress, casting director and voice
director.
horror and computer games.Shannon is the author of a number of books
and short stories. Her work has been listed in The Supernatural Index:
A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird, and Horror
Anthologies, by Mike Ashley and William G. Contento. She co-edited the
anthology Hours of Darkness for Scorpius Digital Publishing, which
contained stories by well-known horror authors such as Ramsey
Campbell, Peter Crowther, Dennis Etchison, Joe R. Lansdale, and
Richard Christian Matheson.She is a designer and screenwriter for
three games from Sierra On-Line. Shannon co-designed King's Quest VII,
a 1994 installment in Sierra Entertainment's King's Quest computer
game series, with Sierra founder Roberta Williams. Shannon's sequel to
Roberta Williams's horror game Phantasmagoria, called Phantasmagoria:
A Puzzle of Flesh, caused a storm of controversy when it was banned in
Singapore and Australia for violent and sexual content. Sears stores
throughout the U.S. refused to carry the game. Throughout Shannon's
time at Sierra On-Line, she wrote material for many classic Sierra
games such as Laura Bow and Police Quest, and worked with many of
Sierra's "stars", such as Scott Murphy, Al Lowe, Corey Cole, Josh
Mandel, and Jane Jensen.Shannon has also worked as a technical
documentation, director, voice actress, casting director and voice
director.
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