Jeff Koke
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Jeff Koke is a writer, graphic designer and business owner currently living in Austin, Texas. He is best known for his writing work for Steve Jackson Games
in the 1990s, including GURPS Vampire, an adaptation of the well-known Vampire: The Masquerade
roleplaying game, and GURPS Black Ops (co-written with S. John Ross).
Jeff Koke worked for Steve Jackson Games as Managing Editor, Senior Designer and as a freelance writer from 1991 until 1997, when he left the company to work in the graphic design field. His work for Steve Jackson Games won him 2 Origins Awards, Best Roleplaying Supplement for GURPS Vampire in 1993 and Best Graphic Representation of a Roleplaying Game for In Nomine
in 1997.
In June 2010, he published his first fiction novel, Princess Alex and the Sapphire Crown, a young adult modern fantasy with a main character based in part on the author's own daughter, Alexandra.
He earned a bachelor's degree in English from Texas State University in San Marcos in 1991 and a master's degree in English from the University of Texas in 1994. He currently runs two businesses in the graphic design
field, Jeff Koke Design, a design and marketing firm in Austin, Texas, and PointClips, a resource for high-quality professional PowerPoint artwork.
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and the gaming magazine Pyramid.-History:...
in the 1990s, including GURPS Vampire, an adaptation of the well-known Vampire: The Masquerade
Vampire: The Masquerade
Vampire: The Masquerade is a role-playing game. Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, it was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern gothic-punk world....
roleplaying game, and GURPS Black Ops (co-written with S. John Ross).
Jeff Koke worked for Steve Jackson Games as Managing Editor, Senior Designer and as a freelance writer from 1991 until 1997, when he left the company to work in the graphic design field. His work for Steve Jackson Games won him 2 Origins Awards, Best Roleplaying Supplement for GURPS Vampire in 1993 and Best Graphic Representation of a Roleplaying Game for In Nomine
In Nomine (role-playing game)
In Nomine is a role-playing game designed by Derek Pearcy and published in 1997 by Steve Jackson Games, based on the French game In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas. Players typically assume the role of angels and demons in a setting that draws heavily on the traditional Christian mythos...
in 1997.
In June 2010, he published his first fiction novel, Princess Alex and the Sapphire Crown, a young adult modern fantasy with a main character based in part on the author's own daughter, Alexandra.
He earned a bachelor's degree in English from Texas State University in San Marcos in 1991 and a master's degree in English from the University of Texas in 1994. He currently runs two businesses in the graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
field, Jeff Koke Design, a design and marketing firm in Austin, Texas, and PointClips, a resource for high-quality professional PowerPoint artwork.
Writing credits
- GURPS Vampire: The Masquerade, 1993
- GURPS Time Travel Adventures, 1994
- GURPS Supers Adventures, 1995
- GURPS Black Ops, 1997
- Princess Alex and the Sapphire Crown, 2010 ISBN 0557475465