Andrew Plotkin, also known as Zarf, is an important figure in the modern interactive fiction community. He was one of the earliest writers to use Graham Nelson's Inform development system, and one of the first since Infocom's heyday to explore the boundaries of interactive fiction as an artistic medium. Many later authors cite him as a primary influence. He has won many awards within the community, and is frequently interviewed for magazine articles about interactive fiction.

His most influential games are

• A Change in the Weather (1995)
• So Far (1996)
• The Space Under the Window (1997)
• Spider and Web (1998)
• Hunter, in Darkness (1999)
• Shade (2000)