Biography
Melissa Bianco was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is the daughter of Andrea Tiffany, a bus driver, and Bill Brouwers, an electrician.
She graduated from Capilano College in 1991 with an Associate Arts and Sciences Diploma in Media Resources. Soon after graduating from college, Melissa worked as an Extras Casting Director for both commercials and television movies. She has also worked as a Talent Agent and a Production Assistant in Vancouver.
Melissa moved to California in 1999. She is a Senior Game Designer for NCsoft's Northern California studio in Mountain View, California and has helped develop the Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplay Game (MMORPG) titles
City of Heroes and
City of Villains for PC. She is known to the gaming community as "War Witch".
Melissa volunteers as a screenwriter and co-producer for the Christian film production company, Redletter Studios.
She has just published her first novel, Real Life.
Credits
Author, Real Life
Game Designer, City of Heroes (Deluxe Edition) (2005), NCsoft Europe Ltd.
Game Designer, City of Heroes, (2004) NCsoft Europe Ltd.
Game Designer, City of Villains (2005) NCsoft - North America
Screenwriter, Mayan Adventure: The New Messengers, Redletter Studios
Media
Official Blog