Don Daglow is a pioneer game designer, a prolific novelist, and an Emmy awardee who has made significant contributions to the gaming industry. He has led design, game narrative, production, and programming for various online, mobile, PC, and console game projects. He is also an Advisor to The Strong National Museum of Play and the President of The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Foundation. Daglow is an author of "Indie Games: From Dream to Delivery," a guide to developing, shipping, and selling indie games.

Daglow has spoken at various conferences worldwide, including The Smithsonian Art Museum, BAFTA, and more than 25 annual Game Developers Conferences in San Francisco and other locations. He received a New Voices playwriting award from The National Endowment for the Arts and twelve significant independent book awards for his best-selling literary mystery novel, "The Fog Seller."

Daglow's educational background includes a BA from Pomona College and an Ed.M. from Claremont Graduate University.