Tom Casiello is an American writer. Casiello has written content for three distinct entertainment genres. Casiello began his career as a

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

writer, working on a number of shows as a staff writer. He was then hired by

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, where he served as the creative writer from 2011 to 2016. In recent years, Casiello has written for Gen-Z Media, where he was head writer for '' Six Minutes'', and its sequel, Six Minutes: Out of Time. In 2018, Casiello joined the writing team at

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and was part of the creation of the first seventeen Legends in

Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a free-to-play Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Nintendo ...

. He also co-wrote the book Pathfinder's Quest, with Manny Hagopian and Ashley Reed, as well as the

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

mini-series, Apex Legends: Overtime. In 2021, he became Narrative Director at Gravity Well Games, and is currently working on that studio's first game.

Positions held

'' Another World'' *Writers’ Intern (1998–1999) ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...

'' *Breakdown Writer (2000–2002) *Assistant to the Writers (1999–2002) ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...

'' *Associate Head Writer (January 22, 2007 – January 24, 2008) ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes ...

'' *Breakdown Writer (October 27, 2004 – August 1, 2006) *Script Writer (September 22, 2004 – October 26, 2004) ote: On air credit error made by the show – Casiello did not write any scripts ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...

'' *Breakdown Writer (April 20, 2009 – May 27, 2011) *Occasional Breakdown Writer (September 6, 2006 – October 25, 2006) ''

'' * Writer.

*Creative Writer (April 17, 2011 – December 9, 2016)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

*NOMINATION (2006; Best Writing; One Life to Live) *WIN (2001 & 2002; Best Writing; As The World Turns)

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

*NOMINATION (2005 Season; One Life to Live)

References

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