Angel Leigh McCoy

Angel Leigh McCoy is a game designer and fiction writer based in Seattle, Washington.

Angel Leigh McCoy
Angel Leigh McCoy (right) with singer/songwriter S.J. Tucker, 2009
Born	Angela Leigh McCoy (1962-12-13) December 13, 1962 Elgin, Illinois, United States
Occupation	game designer and fiction writer

Early life and education

Originally from the Midwest, Angel Leigh McCoy grew up delving into fantasy and horror novels and won her first essay contest in sixth grade. She studied French Literature at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

Career

She is credited with published work in the role-playing games industry as far back as 1994.[1] Over the years, she has designed RPG material for companies such as White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, FASA, and Pinnacle Entertainment Group. In 2001, she was writing in the video game industry for Microsoft Game Studios, writing articles as Xbox.com correspondent Wireless Angel. She transferred to ArenaNet in 2007, where she was part of a team effort to make the MMORPG Guild Wars 2.

Her side projects have included: founding and providing creative direction for an indie game team (Games Omniverse LLC);[2] short fiction writing; webmaster for the Horror Writers Association;[3] producing the Wily Writers Speculative Fiction Podcast;[4] and editing short story anthologies "Deep Cuts",[5] and "Another Dimension Anthology".[6]

Publications

Novella

• Charlie Darwin, or the Trine of 1809 by Nevermet Press, 2011.[7]

Short fiction

McCoy has published short fiction in various anthologies and magazines, including:

• Ravens in the Library by Quiet Thunder[8]
• Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror by Comet Press[9]
• Masters of Horror Anthology by Triskaideka Books[10]
• Cobalt City Christmas by Timid Pirates Productions.[11]
• Fear of the Dark by HorrorBound [12]
• Growing Dread: Biopunk Visions by Timid Pirate Publishing [13]
• Tales for Canterbury by Random Static [14]
• Necrotic Tissue, issue 14, Stygian Publications [15]

Computer game work

McCoy worked as a game reviewer and journalist for Microsoft Game Studios and Xbox.[16] She currently works for ArenaNet as lore and narrative designer on Guild Wars 2.[17]

Role-playing game work

McCoy's work in the role-playing game industry includes supplements for Wizards of the Coast's Forgotten Realms; FASA's Earthdawn; West End Games' World of Necroscope; Pinnacle Entertainment's Deadlands; and White Wolf's Mage: The Ascension, Vampire: The Masquerade, Hunter: The Reckoning and Changeling: The Dreaming.[1]

Dungeons & Dragons product line, TSR * The Magic of Faerun, co-author; 2000 Changeling: the Dreaming product line, White Wolf Publishing & ArtHaus Publishing * Pooka Kithbook, ArtHaus Publishing; 1999 * Inanimae, contributing author; 1998 * Satyr Kithbook, 1997 * Player’s Guide, contributing author, 1997 * Second Edition, contributing author, 1997 * Storyteller’s Guide, contributing author; 1995 * Shadows on the Hill, contributing author; 1995 Mage the Ascension product line, White Wolf Publishing * Manifesto, co-author, December 2002 * Hollow Ones Sourcebook, co-author, June 2002 * Mage Revised, contributing author, 1999 * The Bygone Bestiary, contributing author, 1998 * Technomancer’s Toybox, contributing author, 1997 * Beyond the Barriers, contributing author, 1996 Vampire: the Masquerade product line, White Wolf Publishing * Sins of the Blood, co-author, 2001 * World of Darkness, Vol. II, contributing author; 1996

EverQuest Role-Playing Game product line, White Wolf Publishing * Monsters of Norrath, co-author, August 2002 * Player’s Handbook, co-author, July 2002 Hunter: The Reckoning product line, White Wolf Publishing * Defender Sourcebook, co-author; 1999 * Survival Guide, contributing author; 1999 * Hunter: the Reckoning, contributing author; 1999 Millennium's End product line, Chameleon Eclectic * The Medellín Agent, co-author; 1997 * Overlay Accessory Kit, contributing author; 1994 Earthdawn product line, FASA Corporation * Magic, contributing author; 1995 * Legends of Earthdawn, contributing author; 1995 Miscellaneous * Aberrant: Project Utopia, White Wolf Publishing, contributing author; 1999 * Deadlands: Marshall Law, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, contributing author, 1996 * World of Necroscope: Book of Adventures, West End Games, contributing author; 1995

References

1. "Angel's Pen & Paper RPG Database entry". Archived from the original on February 19, 2005.
2. About Page, GamesOmniverse.com
3. "HWA Contact Page, Horror.org". Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
4. "Head Editor Profile, WilyWriters.com". Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
5. Deep Cuts Info Page, AngelMcCoy.com
6. Another Dimension Info Page, anotherdimensionmag.com
8. "Ravens in the Library page". Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
9. "Comet Press website". Archived from the original on May 21, 2009.
10. "Triskaideka Books". Archived from the original on May 24, 2010.
11. Review of Cobalt City Christmas at the Seattle PI blog Shockroom
13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. Articles Listing on Xbox.com
17. "Author bio at Comet Press website". Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

External links

• Works by Angel Leigh McCoy at Open Library
• Angel's Encyclopedia of Speculative Fiction entry
• The Locus Index to Science Fiction, 1999
• Wily Writers Speculative Fiction site
• Angel Leigh McCoy at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database