Leonard Dick is a television writer and producer who writes for ''

The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in l ...

''. Leonard was born in

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, and attended high school at

Upper Canada College Upper Canada College (UCC) is an elite, all-boys, private school in Toronto, Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The college is widely described as the country's most prestigious preparatory school, and has produce ...

, where he was elected head of Howard's House, and thus served on the Board of Stewards. He graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

with both a BA and MBA. He worked on the first two seasons of the

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'', garnering him a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award, as well as an

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for best Drama. Dick and the writing staff won the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the

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and

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seasons of ''Lost''. They were nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and

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seasons. Other series he has written for include ''

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'',

The Mentalist ''The Mentalist'' is an American drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, the show f ...

, '' Fastlane'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the Fox sketch comedy ''

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''.

Television credits

* ''

'' (2004) TV Series ** 1x17: '' ...In Translation'' ** 1x21: '' The Greater Good'' ** 2x02: '' Adrift'' ** 2x08: ''

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'' ** 2x13: '' The Long Con'' ** 2x19: '' S.O.S.'' *''

'' (2004) TV Series ** 3x11: ''Words and Deeds'' ** 3x23 ''

The Jerk ''The Jerk'' is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias (from a story by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb). This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The f ...

'' ** 4x02 '' The Right Stuff'' ** 4x12 '' Don't Ever Change'' ** 5x20 ''

Simple Explanation "Simple Explanation" is the 20th episode of the fifth season of ''House''. It first aired on April 6, 2009. Plot As Eddie Novack ( Meat Loaf) lies on his deathbed, his wife Charlotte is stricken with respiratory failure. The team takes Charlotte ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dick, Leonard Living people Upper Canada College alumni Canadian expatriate writers in the United States Canadian television writers Writers from Toronto Writers Guild of America Award winners Harvard Business School alumni Year of birth missing (living people)