Kalinda Vazquez is an American

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and producer. She is well known for her work on the

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drama ''

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'' and

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espionage series ''

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''.

Career

Vazquez worked as a writing assistant, staff writer and story editor from 2006 to 2009 on the Fox drama ''

''. She also contributed several scripts to the series and co-wrote the final installment '' Prison Break: The Final Break''. She was an executive story editor and writer on the first season of the Fox

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series ''

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''. In summer 2010, she joined the staff of

action thriller series ''

''s first season, as a writer and executive story editor. At the start of the second season, Vazquez was promoted to co-producer, a title she held until her departure at the end of the season. In fall 2012, Vazquez joined the second season crew of the

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series ''

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'' as a writer and producer. As of March 2021, Vazquez has a number of projects in development. In February 2021, it was announced that she was working with

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on a television adaptation of

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's novel ''

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''. Then in March 2021, it was announced that Vazquez had been asked by

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to develop her own idea for a new ''

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'' film. Vazquez has previous experience with ''Star Trek'', being credited for the teleplay to the third season episode of '' Star Trek: Discovery'' titled Terra Firma, Part 2. She was also named after a character from the

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episode " By Any Other Name". In December 2021, Vazquez signed a multi-year overall deal with

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. Under the deal, she will create, write and produce a young adult mystery thriller ''Arbor Hall'' as her own first project.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vazquez, Kalinda Living people American television producers American women television producers American television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American women television writers Television producers from New York City Screenwriters from New York (state) 21st-century American women