About the author
Jordan Mechner is a video game designer, graphic novelist, and screenwriter. He created Prince of Persia, one of the world's most beloved and enduring video game franchises, and became the first game creator to successfully adapt his own work as a feature film screenwriter with Disney’s Prince of Persia (2010). With game credits including Karateka, The Last Express, and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, he is considered a pioneer of cinematic storytelling in the video game industry. Jordan made his debut as a graphic-novel writer/artist with the autobiographical Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family (2023 recipient of the “Chateau de Cheverny” history graphic novel prize). Jordan’s graphic novels as writer include the New York Times best-selling Templar (with LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland) and the forthcoming Monte Cristo (with Mario Alberti).