(Director of Universe Creation 101)

Christy Dena is Director of Universe Creation 101, where she works for others as a cross-media narrative and game design consultant and educator, as well as developing her own properties and services. Her clients include agencies, corporations and production companies. She has given keynotes at Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival, and the First International Conference on Cross-Media Interaction Design, and is an active speaker worldwide at various organisations, corporations and festivals. She has mentored film, television, literature and new media professionals on cross-media, and judges cross-media and new media art projects. Christy co-wrote the Writer’s Guide to Making a Digital Living for the Australian Literature Board. Christy is also about to submit her PhD on transmedia fictions. Her main blog is at www.ChristyDena.com.