Emma Kidwell is an award-nominated writer and narrative designer currently at Firaxis. She was interviewed for the New York Times about her work and was listed in Forbes 30 under 30 2021 for Games and inducted into The Future Class of 2023. The game she wrote on, Hindsight, was nominated at The Game Awards 2022 under the Games for Impact category. She was invited to join BAFTA’s connect cohort in 2024.
Kidwell previously worked at Hangar 13 and was involved in the narrative department at Riot Games. She has consulted for ProbablyMonsters and worked with DontNod as script supervisor on Life is Strange 2. She most recently wrapped up contract writing work on Borderlands 4.
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