Evan Skolnick

EVAN SKOLNICK is a comic book and video game writer who has worked on dozens of major titles for game publishers such as Activision, Take Two, and THQ, for franchises such as Guitar Hero, Spider-Man, Shrek, Batman, Over the Hedge, and Transformers. Recently, he worked as lead narrative designer for LucasArts. He is best known for his long-running, intensive, and highly rated full-day game-writing tutorial at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, which has had more than a thousand attendees and counting. He's also spoken at GDC Online, China GDC, San Diego Comic Con, and numerous educational institutions on the subject of video game writing. Skolnick is a member of the Advisory Board for Full Sail University's creative writing for entertainment program.