Leslie Scott (game designer)

Leslie Scott (born 1955) is a British board game designer and author, best known as the inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the London Toy Fair 1983.
Early life and education.
Born in Tanzania, Scott was raised in East and West Africa, and educated in Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Taunton, England.
Career.
Scott is the inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the London Toy Fair 1983.
She founded Oxford Games Ltd in 1991.
She is a Senior Associate of Pembroke College, Oxford and a founder trustee of The Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust.
Honours.
She is the recipient of the 2010 Wonder Women of Toys Inventor/Designer Award, and the 2012 Tagie award for Excellence in Game Design.
Private life.
Scott is married to the Oxford zoologist Professor Fritz Vollrath. They have two children, Frederica and Digby.