Elizabeth McCoy

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Elizabeth McCoy
Born (1971-11-05) 5 November 1971 (age 53)[citation needed]
Nationality United States
Known forwriter and editor

Elizabeth "Archangel Beth" McCoy (born 5 November 1971[citation needed]) is a writer and editor in the role-playing game industry at Steve Jackson Games.

Career

She and her husband Walter Milliken wrote the award-winning supplement GURPS Illuminati University. She was the line editor for the In Nomine role-playing game.[1]

In a lawsuit that received national attention and led to the establishment of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, McCoy, Milliken and Steve Jackson successfully sued the United States Secret Service in 1993 for illegally seizing computers and electronic information.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ (29 September 1997). "On the move: Tech briefs", Austin American-Statesman, p. C2.
  2. ^ Hawkins, Lori (7 May 1994). "Austin game maker gets money over illegal seizure: Secret Service had violated Electronic Communications Privacy Act". Austin American-Statesman. p. B1.
  3. ^ Abernathy, Joe (4 May 1991). "Suit says rights abused in computer crackdown". Houston Chronicle. p. 29.


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