Emily Short is an interactive fiction (IF) writer. She is perhaps best known for her debut game Galatea and her use of psychologically complex non-player characters (NPCs). Short has been called "a visionary in the world of text-based games for years," and is the author of over forty works of IF in addition to being chief editor of the IF Theory Book.She wrote a regular column on interactive fiction (IF) for Rock, Paper, Shotgun.