Get to know the people behind the game, plotting the twists and turns of the stories we love so much. This page lists in alphabetical order by first name the past and current writers, both permanent employees and freelancers confirmed to have contributed to a story. If any staff and/or writers have been missed, feel free to add them into the database.
Appreciation[]
Thanks to Tumblr user cloudywithachanceofdiscourse for compiling parts of the information used on this page. Also thanks to ajcraycray from Reddit for helping Fearless Diva. Other sources are Pixelberry's Blogs, the writers' Twitter accounts, and pocketgamer.biz.
Notes[]
- The Staff section includes employees who are noted to have different positions other than purely Artists or Writers. This section also includes known members of the QA (Quality Assurance) team, who were introduced here. It also currently includes staff of unknown positions.
- The Artists section includes employees who are noted to be only artists and art leads. If it is determined that these individuals hold other positions, please move them into the Staff section.
- The Writers section includes employees who are noted to be just writers. If it is determined that these individuals hold other positions, please move them into the Staff section.
Staff[]
Alexandra Figueroa[]
Alexandra uses they/them pronouns and was an art producer at Storyloom. Current position unknown.
Alice Lin[]
Positions: QA DLC Story Team Lead
In the Get to know the QA Team blogpost, Alice says the the funniest thing she caught in Choices was one in HSS Book 1 where your character ended up bald.
LinkedIn: profile
Alicia[]
Position currently unknown; if she's Alicia Ruckle, then she's an artist
Andrew Shvarts[]
Positions: Lead Designer, Senior Writer, Director of Writing/Narrative Designer; Creative Director (Storyloom)
Former Pixelberry employee as of March 2024. According to his homepage, Andrew Shvarts was born in the Soviet Union, and is color-blind as well as tone-deaf. He worked on the apps Surviving High School, Cause of Death, High School Story, and Hollywood U. Andrew also published a book series. Since his departure from Pixelberry, he is co-founder of Candlelight Games.
Website: http://www.andrewshvarts.com
Twitter: @Shvartacus (deleted)
Instagram: shvartacus (deserted since 2019)
LinkedIn: profile
Bluesky: profile
- Bachelorette Party
- Blades of Light and Shadow (Book Lead)
- Bloodbound (Book Lead)
- Big Sky Country
- Endless Summer
- Most Wanted
- Red Carpet Diaries
- Veil of Secrets
Atul[]
Atul is from the engineering team at Pixelberry and was featured in an employee spotlight.
Bee[]
Position currently unknown
Bernice Wong[]
Positions: Junior UX/UI Designer
Former Pixelberry employee. Bernice tweeted[1] her reaction to users commenting on the new user interface.
Website: https://www.bernicekahay.com/
Twitter: @bernicekahay
Instagram: bernicekahay
LinkedIn: profile
Brad Jones[]
Position: Software Architect (2019-2021)
Former Pixelberry employee as of September 2021. Currently Head of Engineering and co-founder of Candlelight Games.
LinkedIn: profile
Cari[]
Positions: Head of Marketing
Cari is interviewed in the Employee Spotlight: Celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage[2].
Carissa Gonzalez[]
Position: CEO as of January 2023, Head of Marketing & Ad Monetization[3]
Cosette "Coco" Lachenal Gonzales[]
Positions: Creative Lead, Story Lead, External Story Lead, Game Writer, Manager, Mentor, Hiring; formerly Junior Game Writer
Former Pixelberry employee (2016-2021), Coco joined the team of Rules of Engagement in the middle of Book 1. For the writing, Coco drew inspiration from an uncle who had briefly worked as a pianist on a cruise ship. In July 2017, in the blog post about Book 3, Coco mentioned being a millennial and having graduated recently. Coco's website states that Coco was the lead of 10 titles and also wrote in the genres historical drama, murder mystery, sci-fi, and action thriller, among others.
Website: https://cosettegonzales.com/
LinkedIn: profile
- Perfect Match (Book Lead, Book 1 and 2)
- Platinum (Co-Book Lead)
- Red Carpet Diaries (Book 1 - 3; brainstorm team / editor)
- Rules of Engagement (Book 1 - 4)
- Passport to Romance (brainstorm team)
- Hot Couture (Book Lead)
- A Very Scandalous Proposal (editor)
- The Unexpected Heiress (Book Lead)
- Slow Burn (Book Lead)
Claire[]
Claire is on the Choices Community team.
Dahlia Adler alias Dahlia Adler Fisch[]
Dahlia worked on Storyloom, and her current position is unknown, as well as specific books she worked on. She was featured in the Pride Spotlight blog as she is also a traditionally published author who put together anthologies with LGBT focus. She is listed as freelance writer, editor, and author of novels by Macmillan Publishers.
Danica Pok[]
Positions: Associate Manager; Technical Producer II, Project Manager
Former Pixelberry employee as of 2021
LinkedIn: profile
Daniel Chamberlin[]
Positions: Technical Producer I, previously Junior Producer
According to his Twitter profile, Daniel no longer works at Pixelberry.
Twitter: @danjchamberlin
LinkedIn: profile
Daniel Shvarts[]
Positions: Senior Product Manager - Product Owner, Gameplay & Store Experience; Producer II; Producer I; Junior Producer; Intern
Former Pixelberry employee, now co-founder of Candlelight Games. As revealed in a blog post on January 28, 2020, Daniel is a huge Dungeons & Dragons fan. He even DMs a campaign at the office.
Website: http://daniel-shvarts-n7xf.squarespace.com/ (no longer active)
Twitter: @skull__kid_
LinkedIn: profile
- Baby Bump
- Blades of Light and Shadow (Technical Producer and Designer)
- Platinum (Music Director)
Davi[]
Position currently unknown
Dean[]
Position currently unknown
Eric Dean[]
Positions: Senior Writer, Content Lead
As revealed by himself in a blog post on April 12, 2017, Eric was originally a writer, story lead and producer on Pixelberry's second app Hollywood U. In a blog post about Baby Bump, he states that he drew inspiration from his wife's pregnancy: "I wanted to tell a story that captured that feeling of someone doing EVERYTHING while undergoing some serious physical transformations."
- America's Most Eligible (Acting Consultant)
- Baby Bump
- It Lives In The Woods
- Red Carpet Diaries
- The Crown & The Flame
- The Elementalists (Acting Consultant)
Erin[]
- Laws of Attraction (QA Lead)
- The Cursed Heart
Georgio[]
Georgio states Laws of Attraction is the first book he has produced.
- Shipwrecked
- Laws of Attraction (Producer)
- Untameable
Gigi[]
Position currently unknown
Glenda[]
Position: Q&A
Henry Shao[]
Positions: Quality Assurance / Player Specialist Manager
On September 23, 2015, Henry wrote about his experience as QA Manager at Pixelberry Studios.[4] He also worked on the High School Story and Hollywood U apps.
LinkedIn: profile
Janey[]
Janey is mentioned in a blog post about The Nanny Affair, Book 2. She also mentions in a different blog post that Slow Burn is the first book she has produced.
- The Nanny Affair
- Slow Burn (Producer)
- The Princess Swap
- Surrender
Jay[]
Positions: Producer
Jay uses he and they pronouns as revealed in the Pride Spotlight blog. Jay mentioned being a producer in the Q&A blog for Blades 2.
Jennifer Young[]
Positions: Studio Manager; Studio Director, Senior Writer
Former Pixelberry employee. A blog post about the release of The Royal Romance revealed that Kara and Jennifer have been best friends since high school. In another blog post about Rules of Engagement, Book 3, Jennifer mentions that she grew up with a sister and several cousins. She also talks about her family being Chinese and having grown up in the Philippines. Jennifer started writing at age 6, but originally planned to become a doctor. She used some of her own dating experience for writing Rules of Engagement. Jennifer is also the writer who came up with the name of Hartfeld University, as revealed in a blog post about the finale of The Senior. She originally wrote for the High School Story app. Jennifer Young and her colleague Megan Schwarz were interviewed about it in an article by techcrunch.com, a few years before Choices was released.
Twitter: @SimplyMissYoung
LinkedIn: profile
Jessica Yang[]
Positions: Community Manager, Game Writer
Jessica is Asian American and attended a Chinese school as a child, as revealed in a blog post. She is an Earth-att. In 2015, she was interviewed for an article on her position as Intern Manager.
Twitter: @jamteayang
Instagram: jamteayang
LinkedIn: profile
Jessie Phillips[]
Positions: Manager (as of 2023); DLC QA Tester, Junior Tech Producer, Producer, Associate Manager (formerly)
As revealed in a blog post on January 28, 2020, Jessie's favorite fantasy book is Uprooted by Naomi Novik and favorite game is The Dragon Age series.
LinkedIn: profile
- Blades of Light and Shadow (QA DLC Tester)
- Slow Burn (Producer)
- Foreign Affairs (Producer)
- Rising Tides (Producer)
- The Cursed Heart
- All of Us
Jilly Gagnon[]
Positions: Senior Game Writer, Book Lead
Former Pixelberry employee as of July 2023
Twitter: @jillygagnon
LinkedIn: profile
- A Very Scandalous Proposal (Book Lead)
- Bachelorette Party (Book Lead)
- Open Heart
- Red Carpet Diaries (Book Lead)
- Veil of Secrets
- Laws of Attraction (Writing Lead)
- Untameable
Jo[]
Positions: Currently unknown
Jonathan A.[]
Positions: QA DLC Function Tester
As revealed in a blog post on January 28, 2020, Jon's favorite fantasy game is Divinity: Original Sin 2.
LinkedIn: profile
Josephine Sun[]
Positions: Senior QA Analyst, QA Story Tester
Website: https://josephinesun.weebly.com/
LinkedIn: profile
- High School Story (Book 3)
- Class Act
Kara Loo[]
Positions: Senior Writer, Chief Operating Officer
Former Pixelberry employee. A blog post about the release of The Royal Romance revealed that Kara and Jennifer have been best friends since high school. Kara's favorite fairy tale is Sleeping Beauty. In another blog post, she revealed that she is half Chinese and grew up in a big family (she is the youngest of four, with an older brother and two older sisters). She mentioned that she drew inspiration for the Rules of Engagement series from her own family experience. Kara also worked on the High School Story and Hollywood U apps.
Twitter: @ninjaribbon
Instagram: karawrites
LinkedIn: profile
Katie Moses[]
Position: Producer
Former Pixelberry employee as of 2024
Keith Emnett[]
Positions: Co-founder, CTO
Keith worked together with Oliver and Winston on Surviving High School for EA until they were layed off. Together, they founded Pixelberry to create the HSS Prime app.[5]
Kristina Lum[]
Positions: Story QA Tester
In the Meet the QA team blogpost, Kristina mentions her favorite memory was baking several dozen shortbread cookies (my great grandma’s recipe) and by the end of the day all the cookies were eaten or boxed up to take home and several people were asking for the recipe.
LinkedIn: profile
Luke Georgette[]
Positions: Creative Product Manager, Choices China for 1001 by Tencent, Lead Writer, Editor
In 2015, Pixelberry and Pocketgamer.biz partnered to publish a series of articles. Luke, in the position as Story Lead, wrote about how he got into the job and gave insight into working at Pixelberry, as can be read here. According to his twitter account info, Luke had also previously worked on the apps High School Story Prime, Hollywood U, and Cause of Death.
Twitter: @lukegtt (deleted)
LinkedIn: profile
- Endless Summer (Book 1 and 2)
- Most Wanted
- Open Heart
- Platinum
- Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance
Maia[]
Position: Associate Producer
Maia is a former Pixelberry employee who uses they and she pronouns. Apart from appearing in the blog for Unbridled, Maia also linked the trailers for some of the following books on LinkedIn, indicating Maia was involved in their production. Maia is one of three Filthy Rich book team members talked about being missed by the rest of the team at the end of the blog[6] about the release.
- Laws of Attraction
- The Phantom Agent
- Hot Shot
- Unbridled
- The Duchess Affair
- Crimes of Passion
- Filthy Rich
Meagan Malone[]
Positions: (Remote) Game Writer LinkedIn: profile
- Desire & Decorum
- The Royal Romance, including The Royal Heir & The Royal Finale
- Shipwrecked
- Surrender
- The Nanny Affair
- Crimes of Passion
- Guarded
Meric Atesalp[]
Former Pixelberry employee, Meric was a product manager at Storyloom who appeared in the Pride Spotlight blog.
Nathan[]
Position currently unknown since there are two Nathaniels, one Q&A, one producer, who may go by Nathan
Oliver Miao[]
Positions: CEO (formerly as of January 2023) and Co-founder
Oliver and Winston previously founded Centerscore which they sold to Vivendi before moving to EA where they worked together on Surviving High School. After being layed off, they founded Pixelberry in 2012.[7]
Oliver shares his insights and inspirations behind the older Pixelberry game, High School Story, on pocketgamer.biz:
LinkedIn: profile
Rachel Zilberg[]
Positions: Junior Game Writer (Formerly as of 2021[8])
Rachel Zilberg, alias Rachel Z., describes theatre as her home in high school. She went to a small all-girls' Dominican school. The nuns had to approve of all productions and okayed their production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as revealed in a blog post about High School Story: Class Act. Rachel primarily does freelance photography nowadays (2024).
Twitter: @razilberg
LinkedIn: profile
Rose Behar[]
Positions: QA Tester (Formerly as of 2020)
LinkedIn: profile
Royal McGraw[]
Positions: Executive Producer
Former Pixelberry employee, now part of Candlelight Games. In a blog post dating back to August 31, 2017, Royal mentioned that he received "The Smithsonian Guide to Comic Book Comics" as a birthday present from his grandfather when he was little. Royal has been a comic fan ever since and reads them voraciously. Royal mentions having a wife as well as a superpower - Royal demagnetizes credit cards and constantly shocks himself as well as other people. He also worked on Pixelberry's other apps, Hollywood U and High School Story, as revealed on his website. His profile on Candlelight Games states he was head at Hollywood U and Choices, as well as co-writer at Cause of Death.[9]
Website: http://www.royalmcgraw.com/
Twitter: @royalmcgraw
LinkedIn: profile
Shea[]
Position currently unknown
Steve Chen[]
Positions: Producer, Senior Producer (formerly as of 2023)
Steve was Producer on High School Story, Hollywood U, and Choices, later Senior Producer on Choices.
LinkedIn: profile
Tera Bilodeau[]
A software engineer who appeared in the Pride Spotlight blog.
Vivian Du[]
Position: Associate Art Producer
Former Pixelberry employee
Winston She[]
Positions: Co-founder, VP of engineering[10]
Oliver and Winston founded a studio named Centerscore which they sold to Vivendi before moving to EA where they worked together with Keith on Surviving High School until they were layed off. Together they founded Pixelberry in 2012.[11]
Artists[]
Amanda Yau[]
Positions: Junior Art Producer
Instagram: artofamandayiyau
LinkedIn: profile
- Baby Bump
- Queen B (Art Producer)
- The Nanny Affair
- Slow Burn (Art Producer)
- The Royal Heir
- Hot Couture
- Foreign Affairs (Art Producer)
- Rising Tides (Producer)
- Surrender
- The Princess Swap
- Guinevere
- First Comes Love
- The Billionaire's Baby
- Ship of Dreams
- Guarded
- The Deadliest Game
- The Ghost of Us
Bob Ting[]
Bob previously worked as Art Lead for EA before joining Pixelberry as artist and animator in 2012. Bob worked on the High School Story and Hollywood U apps.
LinkedIn: profile
Danielle Oyales/Solis[]
Positions: Art Lead, Senior Artist (Formerly[12])
Former Pixelberry employee. As revealed in a blog post on January 28, 2020, Danielle's favorite fantasy book and game are Final Fantasy IX and Tactics! Danielle's website contains official art for Storyloom and the 1001 adaption of High School Story, Book 2.
Website: http://www.danielleoyales.com/
Twitter: @lemonyzero
Instagram: zerolemons
LinkedIn: profile
- Across the Void
- Wishful Thinking
- Blades of Light and Shadow
- The Nanny Affair
- Queen B (Art Lead)
- The Cursed Heart
Elyssa Evans[]
Positions: Art Lead, Associate Art Producer
Former Pixelberry employee as of 2021
LinkedIn: profile
Heather Capelli[]
Positions: Art Lead
LinkedIn: profile
Jessica "Icy"/"Ice Tea" Tang[]
Jessica goes by "Icy" (possibly to not be confused with another employee by the same name). In the behind-the-scenes interview with art leads [13], fellow art lead Kelly refers to Ice Tea as "Icy".
LinkedIn: profile
- The Nanny Affair
- Foreign Affairs (Art Lead)
- Surrender
- Murder at Homecoming
- Getaway Girls
- Kindred (Art Lead)
- Alpha
Jordan Evans[]
Positions: Art Lead
Julie Kim[]
Positions: Senior 2D Artist
Julie's LinkedIn states she works for Scopely.
Website: http://juliekimconcept.com/
Instagram: superchoupy
LinkedIn: profile
- A Courtesan of Rome (Art Lead)
- Open Heart
Kathy[]
Positions: Senior Artist
- My Two First Loves (Art Lead)
Kelly[]
Kelly is mentioned in a blog post about The Royal Finale. She also mentions working on other series in a different blog post.
- The Royal Romance
- Slow Burn (Art Lead)
- The Elementalists
- Hot Couture
Kelly Ricker[]
Position: Art Lead
Her LinkedIn states she previously worked on Pixelberry's other apps, High School Story and Hollywood U. She also previously did freelance work on Surviving High School, the game the Pixelberry founding members worked on for EA.
LinkedIn: profile
Stella Lee[]
Positions: Art Producer
A one year old post of Stella on LinkedIn indicates she is a former Pixelberry employee[14]
LinkedIn: profile
- High School Story
- Open Heart
- Platinum
- Blades of Light and Shadow
- The Nanny Affair
- My Two First Loves
Tom Stone[]
Positions: Art Lead
Tom is one of three staff members interviewed in the Wake the Dead blog post. In a behind-the-scenes interview with four art leads, his title is given.[15] He also worked on the High School Story and Hollywood U apps.
Writers[]
Ali[]
Ariel Giacobbe[]
Ariel's favorite genre is Science Fiction. She is a massive fan of Star Wars. In a blog post about Across the Void, she lists some of her favorite Science Fiction works.
Twitter: @ArielGiacobbe
Brandon Carbaugh[]
Brandon is a former writer for Pixelberry.
Website: https://brandoncarbaugh.com/
Twitter: @BMCarbaugh
LinkedIn: profile
- It Lives (16 chapters between the two books; Writer/Designer)
- Mother of the Year (8 chapters; Writer)
- The Crown & The Flame (Book 3, 6 chapters; Junior Writer)
Bre'Anna[]
Brianna Lei[]
In a blog post, Brianna revealed that her favorite acting experience was playing Othello.
Twitter: @Brii_U
LinkedIn: profile
Bre[]
Bre is a Junior Writer at Pixelberry.
- My Two First Loves
- Immortal Desires
- Getaway Girls
- Roommates with Benefits
- Untameable including Unbridled
- Along Came Treble
Bree[]
Bree is a freelance writer[1] for Pixelberry [2].
Twitter: @mostlybree
Cat[]
Cat mentioned in a blog post that she grew up in a small town and moved to the big city to attend college. For her, holidays are about family and holiday movie marathons. She is also interviewed in the Employee Spotlight for Celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage[16].
Twitter: @catherinevalman
- America's Most Eligible
- Home for the Holidays
- Mother of the Year
- Queen B
- Rising Tides (brainstorm, outline, edit)
- Murder at Homecoming
- Kindred
- Alpha
Ceinwen Langley[]
Ceinwen is an external writer. She states on her LinkedIn page that she was working from outlines to create full first and second drafts of each game chapter for the in-house team to work from for several books.
Website: https://ceinwenlangley.com/
Twitter: @FeedTheWriter
Instagram: feedthewriter
LinkedIn: profile
- Open Heart (Book 1 - 2)
- Big Sky Country, Book 2
- The Royal Holiday
Chelsa Lauderdale[]
Chelsa started working at Pixelberry in 2016, as revealed in a blog post about The Elementalists. She is an Air-Att and a Libra. She loves writing characters that are difficult to get along with and gives Beckett as an example. In a blog post about the finale of The Senior, she mentioned that she worked on Hollywood U before moving on to Choices. Her Twitter account states she is a Senior Manager of Writing. Although not appearing in the blog about The Cursed Heart 2, she came up with one of its twists so the extent of her contribution is currently unknown.
Twitter: @_CKLauderdale
LinkedIn: profile
- Bloodbound
- It Lives
- The Elementalists
- The Freshman
- The Sophomore
- Queen B (Senior Writer, Creative Lead)
- Sunkissed
- Getaway Girls
Coral Nardandrea[]
A blog post revealed that Coral is a Mass Effect fan and grew up watching plenty of science fiction.
Twitter: @thresholdxgirl
LinkedIn: profile
- Across the Void
- Rules of Engagement
- My Two First Loves
- Laws of Attraction
- The Phantom Agent
- Untameable
- Hot Shot
- Crimes of Passion
- Filthy Rich (Book Lead) [17]
Daniel Nkoola[]
Former Pixelberry employee
Elizabeth[]
Emi Moore[]
Emi's pronouns are she/they/he as revealed in a Pride Spotlight blog. Emi identifies as queer enby (short for nonbinary), as mentioned in the blog about All of Us.
Twitter: @MooreScribes
LinkedIn: profile
- Baby Bump (Lead writer)
- Blades of Light and Shadow (Brainstorming)
- Bloodbound
- The Elementalists
- Wolf Bride
- Wake the Dead
- Baby Bump
- The Cursed Heart
- Kiss of Death
- Guarded
- The Ghost of Us
- All of Us
Emily Kelley Kunin[]
When asked about theater experience in a blog post about High School Story: Class Act, Emily revealed that she suffered from Generalized Anxiety Disorder. She met her husband in one of her classes.
Website: http://craftsandcontrollers.com/
Twitter: @thatemilykelley
Instagram: thatemilykelley
LinkedIn: profile
Eshani Surya[]
Website: https://www.eshani-surya.com/
Twitter: @__eshani
Iris[]
Isador "Isa" Pinto[]
Former Pixelberry employee, Isa uses they/them pronouns as revealed in the Pride Spotlight blog.
Jake Dardzinski[]
Jake is a former[18] writer.
Website: https://jakedardzinski.wixsite.com/website
LinkedIn: profile
Jaylee[]
Jayne C.[]
Previously external contract writer, associate writer since 2022
Jeffrey Herdman[]
According to his co-writers, Jeffrey has a wacky sense of humor and is responsible for jokes about horses, hats, and poodles in The Royal Romance. He has been writing for Madeleine ever since her introduction in Rules of Engagement, Book 2, as revealed in a blog post about the release of The Royal Romance, Book 2.
Twitter: @Jeffers_saannnn
LinkedIn: profile
- The Royal Romance
- The Royal Masquerade
- The Princess Swap
- Guinevere
- First Comes Love
- The Deadliest Game
- All of Us
Jen Allaway[]
Jen is a former[19] writer.
Twitter: @AllawayJ
Jennifer Brandes Hepler[]
Former Pixelberry employee. Jennifer B. Hepler, alias JBH, attended Latin club in high school and has been interested in Rome ever since, as revealed in a blog post about A Courtesan of Rome. On June 4, 2019, she tweeted that she had accepted a position at Storyscape and left Pixelberry after finishing A Courtesan of Rome. [20] After Storyscape's closure, she returned to Pixelberry.[21] Her LinkedIn states she works for Thought Pennies.
Twitter: @JBHepler (Deleted)
LinkedIn: profile
Wikipedia: page (outdated)
Jessica Burkhart[]
External contract writer, Jessica also published several novels. Her socials list stories published on Storyloom, albeit not under one of the three known official Pixelberry accounts. These stories are marked with * Jessica joined Choices in 2023 and in 2024, she also started working for Chapters part-time.[22]
Website: http://www.jessicaburkhart.com
Facebook: profile
LinkedIn: profile
Instagram: profile
Wikipedia: page
- Filthy Rich
- Years Apart
- Stolen Dreams*
- True Crime & Tea Tuesday*
- Becoming the Alpha's Mate*
John[]
Kathleen Conahan[]
Kathleen mentioned in a blog post that she loves the fantasy genre. Her favorite book is Sabriel by Garth Nix. She says she was "raised on a diet of Grimm fairy tales and Greek legends". She loves writing "super long, flowery dialogues", but Eric was always there to "keep her in check". Kathleen started as poll question writer and later became quest writer on the High School Story app.
LinkedIn: profile
- Big Sky Country
- It Lives
- Mother of the Year
- Nightbound
- The Crown & The Flame
- The Haunting of Braidwood Manor
- Wishful Thinking
- Wake the Dead
- Blades of Light and Shadow
- The Cursed Heart
- Kiss of Death
Kelsie Mhoon[]
Twitter: @kdlunas
LinkedIn: profile
Keyan Mohsenin[]
According to his LinkedIn page, Keyan is a former writer for Pixelberry. He started working with Pixelberry in 2013 and left the company in June 2018.
Twitter: @keyanmohsenin
Lana Popovic Harper[]
Lana is an external scriptwriter.
Website: http://www.lanapopovicbooks.com/
Twitter: @LanaPopovicLit
Instagram: lanalyte
LinkedIn: profile
Lil DeRitter[]
Former Pixelberry writer who uses they/them pronouns
- Blades of Light and Shadow
- The Cursed Heart
- Unnamed VIP exclusive books
Lisa Brunette[]
According to her website, Lisa Brunette wrote the script for Veil of Secrets in 2017 with Andrew being her editor. She is not directly employed by Pixelberry.
Max Doty[]
Max is one of Pixelberry's Head Writers, currently Head of Content. The day after the book release of High School Story, Book 1, Pixelberry released a blog post, confirming that Max was originally a writer for Surviving High School. He also worked as a writer for HSS Prime, which is Pixelberry's name for the original High School Story app. Max started working on the team back when he was at college. He is the namesake of High School Story character Max, but they are opposite in temperament. Aspiring writers should contact him through LinkedIn.
Website: http://www.maxdoty.com/
Twitter: @max_doty
LinkedIn: profile
Maya Poulson[]
Maya worked for Pixelberry from 2017 to 2024 as Junior Game Writer, then Writing Lead, and finally Senior Game Writer. As of June 2024, Maya is working for Crazy Maple Studio, the company behind Chapters.
LinkedIn: profile
- Queen B (Book Lead)
- The Elementalists
- The Freshman
- The Sophomore
- Blades of Light and Shadow
- Immortal Desires
- Dirty Little Secrets
Megan Schwarz[]
Former Pixelberry employee, now co-founder of Candlelight Games. In a blog post about Home for the Holidays, Megan mentioned that she grew up in Southern California and that she has an extended family, including several siblings, cousins, and nieces. Together with Jennifer Young, she was working on the High School Story app and was interviewed in an article by techcrunch.com. She also worked on the Hollywood U app.
LinkedIn: profile
- The Royal Romance (Joined writing team at TRR2)
- America's Most Eligible (Book Lead)
- Home for the Holidays
- LoveHacks
- With Every Heartbeat (Book Lead)
- The Nanny Affair (Book Lead)
- Foreign Affairs (Book Lead)
- Surrender
- Hot Shot
- Distant Shores (Book Lead)
- Ride or Die
Min[]
In a blog post about Murder at Homecoming, Min states it is their first Choices book.
Natasha[]
Natasha described herself as a Disney geek in a blog post about the release of Perfect Match, and as an Indonesian rebel in a blog post about the Perfect Match finale.
Nicky Silber[]
Twitter: @vesilber1389
Olivia Pourzia[]
Twitter: @opourzia
LinkedIn: profile
- America's Most Eligible
- The Royal Romance (starting with TRR2)
- The Princess Swap
- Guinevere
- First Comes Love
- Ship of Dreams
- The Deadliest Game
- All of Us
Owen Javellana[]
Owen is one of Pixelberry's Senior Writers. He states on his Twitter account that he is Filipino American and that his mother constantly switched between speaking Tagalog and Cebuano. He also worked on the High School Story and Hollywood U apps.
As of June 2024, the timeline of his LinkedIn only lists Pixelberry until March 2024 with no newer entry, but the page itself still refers to him as Senior Writer and Editorial Manager for Pixelberry, making his current position unclear.
Twitter: @aceofsquares
LinkedIn: profile
- Bachelorette Party
- Big Sky Country
- Bloodbound
- Endless Summer
- Hero
- LoveHacks
- Most Wanted
- Perfect Match
- Rules of Engagement
- The Heist: Monaco
- The Royal Heir (TRH2, TRH3, TRF)
Peyton Thomas[]
Peyton is a freelance writer for Pixelberry. As explained on his Tumblr, he is a freelance contractor who sold his scripts to Pixelberry for them to alter and modify. This means that his scripts and what was released may differ from each other.
Website: https://peytonthomas.contently.com/
Rachel Hirst[]
Formerly known as Rachel Steinkamp.
Her LinkedIn refers to her having been involved with geo-graphic content for India which is most likely The Promise of Forever, the currently only known series limited to India. It also states she pitched, wrote, and edited unnamed short form books which includes "a spin-off book" for a "top-performing" series. It also lists her having pitched successful political and medical drama books, most likely referring to Foreign Affairs and Open Heart. Rachel also worked on the games High School Story and Hollywood U.
Website: http://rachelsteinkamp.com/
Twitter: @RachelTheTall
Instagram: rachelthetall
LinkedIn: profile
- Desire & Decorum
- High School Story
- Class Act
- Shipwrecked
- Crimes of Passion
- Baby Bump
- The Phantom Agent
- The Duchess Affair
- The Billionaire's Baby
- Filthy Rich
- Unnamed four "experimental short form books"
- The Promise of Forever (presumably)
Sara Tripp[]
In college, Sara angsted about what she wanted, as revealed in a blog post about The Senior finale. She spent some years with moving from one city to another and had several barista gigs before she joined Pixelberry. On some occasions, she dressed similarly to The Freshman Main Character and dyed her hair in the same rainbow colors. Her cat Julian was a reference for the appearance of Gus in Kindred.
Twitter: @_sara_tripp
- The Sophomore
- The Junior
- The Senior
- Queen B
- Rising Tides
- Mother of the Year
- Blades of Light and Shadow
- Baby Bump
- Murder at Homecoming
- Kindred
- Alpha
Sarah "Saran" Walker[]
Former Pixelberry employee. Saran is a "wildlife enthusiast" and loves Australia and therefore found it inevitable to include many animals, including emus, in Wishful Thinking, as revealed in a blog post about the book release.
Website: https://www.saranwalker.com/
LinkedIn: profile
On Choices:
- The Freshman
- The Sophomore
- The Junior
- The Senior
- Wishful Thinking
- Rising Tides (Lead Writer)
On Storyloom:
Shayn Nicely[]
Shayn was a freelance writer for Pixelberry from 2018 to 2020, while also writing for other similar games. In her profile, she called herself a "junior writer", then 'game writer", for Pixelberry and states how much she contributed in each story or series. Her contributions are noted below in parenthesis.
LinkedIn: profile
- The Junior (team effort)
- The Senior (team effort)
- America's Most Eligible (Book 1 premium scene contributor)
- Red Carpet Diaries (Book 2 premium scene contributor)
- Sunkissed (scene contributor)
- Wishful Thinking (major writer)
- The Elementalists (Book 2 premium scene contributor)
- The Royal Heir (contributor to Book 1 and Book 2)
- The Nanny Affair (primary writer)
Taage Storey[]
Taage is a former writer for Pixelberry. Taage is a fan of the works of Philip K. Dick and grew up regularly watching Bladerunner (which is based on one of his stories), as revealed in a blog post about Across the Void.
Twitter: @storeytell
Taylor Cyr[]
LinkedIn: profile
Wendy Briggs[]
In their blog post dating back to December 8, 2016, Pixelberry introduced Wendy as a new writer. She was originally a fan of Pixelberry's app High School Story and moved from Washington, D.C. to the San Francisco Bay Area. She started working as a writer on The Freshman. In another blog post, Wendy mentioned that she has always been a theatre kid and that this influences her writing. As of January 2020, she is currently a freelance writer.
Twitter: @WendybirdTweets
LinkedIn: profile
Outsourced Art Studios[]
Gallery[]
References[]
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