Chris Van Etten is an American television

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writer from

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. On July 29, 2017, Van Etten was promoted to co-head writer on the ABC soap opera ''

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'', replacing

Jean Passanante Jean Passanante (born June 26, 1953) is an American television screenwriter, best known for her work in daytime soap operas. Passanante got her start as an actress doing bit parts in the 1980s, including John Sayles's ''Return of the Secaucus 7' ...

. He has also created with writing partners are David Ozanich and

David Levithan David Levithan (born September 7, 1972) is an American young adult fiction author and editor."David Levithan". October 30, 2008. Gale Database. ''Contemporary Authors Online''. UWM Golda Meir Library, Milwaukee. July 1, 2009. He has written numer ...

; they collaborated on the young adult novel series ''Likely Story'' for Random House.

Positions held

'' *Breakdown Writer (May 10, 2012 – October 6, 2017) *Co-Head Writer (October 9, 2017 – present) ''

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'' *Breakdown Writer (November 8, 2006 - February 22, 2008; May 2, 2008 - January 13, 2012) *Occasional Associate Head Writer (August 15, 2005 - November 2006) *Continuity Supervisor (2004) *Writers' Associate (2003) *Assistant to the Executive Producer (January 2001 - 2003)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award 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, 2009, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live''

*Win, 2008, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' *Nomination, 2006, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live''

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, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live''

Works

*''Likely Story'', co-written with David Levithan and David Ozanich (2010) *''All That Glitters'', co-written with David Levithan and David Ozanich (2008) *''Red Carpet Riot'', co-written with David Levithan and David Ozanich (2009)

Head writer history

References

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