Colet Abedi is an Iranian American writer and producer.

Biography

Colet Abedi was born in Virginia and grew up in

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. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at the

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and currently lives in

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Selected works

In addition to working on many television programs broadcast on NBC,

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, and most of the cable networks, she is most known for her work as

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on Fox's MyNetwork TV's

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drama serials--'' Fashion House'' starring Bo Derek,

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and '' American Heiress''. Abedi is the creator and executive producer of ''Unsealed: Alien Files'' and ''Unsealed: Conspiracy Files''. ''Unsealed: Alien Files'' is on its third season in syndication. She was a producer for the shows

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, Celebrity Blackjack, and American Heiress. She also co-authored several young adult novels in the FAE series under the pen name C.J. Abedi with her sister, Jasmine Abedi. Book one was released in July 2013 by Diversion Publishing Group and was an instant online bestseller. ''The Dark King'', the second in the planned FAE trilogy was released in May 2014. FAE was inspired by the

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. ''FAE'' was optioned by

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in December 2013. Abedi's first solo novel, ''Mad Love'', was released by Jay McGraw's publishing company, Bird Street Books, in March 2014. Official website for Abedi
accessed April 23, 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abedi, Colet Living people American soap opera writers American women dramatists and playwrights People from Orange County, California Place of birth missing (living people) University of California, Irvine alumni American women screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) American writers of Iranian descent Women soap opera writers Screenwriters from California 21st-century American women writers