Bio

Are you a game developer navigating the choppy waters of game narrative and dialog? You're not alone! Visit http://writingiswriting.wordpress.com to read tips and tricks for developers working with writers or narrative. Anne Toole is a writer and designer who focuses on bringing fun, meaningful, and relevant content to games, AR/VR, TV & digital series, animation, comics, and more. Her credits include GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: Director's Cut; DAYS GONE; CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS for ASSASSIN’S CREED: ORIGINS; Writers Guild Award-winner HORIZON ZERO DAWN; IGF nominee WHERE THE WATER TASTES LIKE WINE; and the Emmy-winning webseries THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES. She also created ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE, a short-form series for the German market. Her work appears on Netflix's anime series CANNON BUSTERS. She has spoken about games for the inaugural Nokia OpenLab 2008 as well as at South by Southwest and Comic-con International. She contributed chapters to two IGDA books, Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing and Writing for Video Game Genres, and served as the Chair of the IGDA board. A citizen of the EU as well as the US, Anne holds a degree in Archaeology from Harvard. Anne is currently consulting on game projects, but may be available for yours! Looking to network with Anne as a TV writer or comic book writer? Find her on Linkedin under Anne M Toole! Specialties: Story development • Worldbuilding • Game design • Character design • Interactive writing • IP creation & development • Television scripts • Comic book scripts