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Anne Toole

Writer and Narrative Designer | The Write Toole

Greater Los Angeles Area, CA, UNITED STATES

Writers Guild-nominated Writer and Game Designer

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Biography

WGA-nominee Anne Toole has written for some the largest entertainment properties in the world, including STARGATE, MONSTER HIGH, and DAYS OF OUR LIVES. With clients that span NBC, Ubisoft, Disney/Playdom, and Atari, Anne's work has reached over four million people. Anne focuses on bringing fun, meaningful content to television, video games, animation, webseries, and comics. In games, she works in a variety of game genres, such as MMOs, adventure titles, and simluations; as well as literary genres, such as fantasy, science fiction, and romance. With a penchant for telling stories with a light tone and a dark underbelly, Anne focuses on bringing fun, meaningful, and relevant content to you.

Client list includes Ubisoft, Playdom, Zynga, CDProjekt/Atari, KingsIsle Entertainment, Legacy Interactive, and Powerhead Games

• Nominee for the Writers Guild Award for Excellence in Videogame Writing for THE WITCHER, 2008
(THE WITCHER was also named best PC RPG of 2007 by Gamespy, Voodoo Extreme, GameSpot Readers Choice, Shacknews, Gaming Heaven, Gaming Trend, and PC Gamer Magazine)
• Original pilot, WEHO, showcased at the Q-Me Conference 2006

Industry Expertise (3)

Entertainment

Women

Writing and Editing

Areas of Expertise (3)

Video Games

Screenwriting

Transmedia

Education (2)

The American University in Cairo: Egyptology 1996

Harvard College: B.A., Anthropology 1997

Affiliations (3)

  • Human Rights Watch Young Advocate
  • WGA
  • International Game Developers Association

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC
  • Author Appearance
  • Corporate Training

Fees

0 to 1000 *Will consider certain engagements for no fee