Jakub Szamalek

Jakub Szamalek is Narrative Director at Rebel Wolves game studio. Born in Poland in 1986, he studied in the UK, at Oxford and then Cambridge, where he was a Cambridge Gates Scholar. He is an author and the writer behind the international video game bestsellers, including The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Blood of Dawnwalker. Among Jakub's books is the award-winning Hidden Web series of thrillers, which has been adapted into a major motion picture by Monolith Films. His work has been translated to more than half a dozen languages. He lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, with his family.