Reiner Knizia is a full-time game designer born in Germany in 1957 and now living in England. He earned a doctoral degree in Mathematics and found work in the banking industry. His first published games in 1990 were Gold Digger and Digging. Since then he has been one of the world's most prolific game designers with over 200 games to his credit. He is particularly notable for his auction trilogy and his tile-laying trilogy. Knizia was featured twice on BoardGameSpeak, with interviews that can be found here and here.
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