Laura Bow

Laura Bow is an amateur detective and heroine of two adventure games, Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequest (1989) and Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra (1992), both created by the computer game company Sierra Entertainment (formerly Sierra On-Line). Laura Bow was created by Roberta Williams, co-founder of Sierra On-Line and creator of the classic series King's Quest. The Colonel's Bequest, along with King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, was one of the first computer games to feature a female lead. The Laura Bow games take place in the 1920's.

Laura Bow is portrayed as a southern belle in her early twenties who is headstrong, determined, somewhat naïve, and extremely clever. She is a student at Tulane University in The Colonel's Bequest before she becomes a journalist in The Dagger of Amon Ra. Her father, John Bow, is a retired detective and taught her everything she knows about detective work.

Both games featuring Laura Bow are murder mysteries, but only The Colonel's Bequest was actually created by Williams. She took a backseat role in the creation of The Dagger of Amon Ra, making sure that Laura Bow herself seemed like the same character in both games.

Name

Laura Bow's name is an allusion to 1920's actress and sex symbol Clara Bow. Laura's appearance (especially in The Dagger of Amon Ra) closely resembles Clara Bow's, particularly her curly red hair.

External links

• "The Laura Bow Coalition Headquarters", a petition to revive the Laura Bow series