Lisa Connor is an American

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, producer, and director. She is a writer on the

ABC Daytime ABC Daytime (sometimes shortened to ABC-D or ABCD) is a division responsible for the daytime programming block on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC Network and syndicated programming. The block has historically encompassed soap operas, game ...

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The Online Network Prospect Park is a Hollywood entertainment production company, founded in 2008 by Richard H. Frank, a former executive at the Walt Disney Television, and Jeff Kwatinetz, former CEO of the talent agency The Firm, Inc., and music manager Peter Kat ...

serial drama ''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...

''. In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The soap writers recruited included

Janet Iacobuzio Janet Iacobuzio (born January 2, 1962) is an American television soap opera writer. Life She was born in 1962. In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m of funding and it was opening an office in LA. Th ...

Addie Walsh Addie Walsh (born 1953) is an American television soap opera writer. She last wrote for ''All My Children''. She now writes independently. Her one-woman show, ''That's All I Got'', received an award at the United Solo Festival in 2014, in New Y ...

Leah Laiman Leah Laiman (born August 29, 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an American soap opera writer and romance novelist. Career Laiman got her start on daytime television during the early 1980s at General Hospital. Laiman succeeded former Head Writer, ...

, and

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' ...

Positions held

'' *Co-Head Writer: May 29, 2013 - September 2013 (hired by Prospect Park) *Script Editor: Jan 29, 2013 - September 2013 (hired by Ginger Smith) *Script Writer: May 3, 2010 - December 2010 (hired by

Lorraine Broderick Lorraine Broderick (born 1948) is an American television soap opera writer. She got her start on '' All My Children'' as a protégée of the show's creator, Agnes Nixon. She went on to serve four different stints as its Head Writer, ultimatel ...

) *Breakdown Writer: April 2002 - January 5, 2005; January 6, 2011 - September 23, 2011 (hired by

Richard Culliton Richard Culliton is an American television writer known for his work on soap operas. He has won four Writers Guild of America Awards, including one as a head writer, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. He is an alumnus of Northwestern University. His ...

) *Supervising Producer: 1999 - March 2002 (hired by

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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 ...

'' *Script Writer: June 30, 2008 - December 2008 *Breakdown Writer: 1997 - 1999; March 3, 2005 - January 24, 2008; April 18, 2008 - June 27, 2008 ''

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 ...

'' *Breakdown Writer: May 22, 2012 - August 13, 2012 *Script Writer: September 26, 2016 – present ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...

'' *Occasional Script Writer: October 20, 2011; December 6, 2011; December 8, 2011 *Occasional Breakdown Writer: January 6, 2012 ''

Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...

'' *Script Writer: 1994 *Associate Director: 1992 - 1994 *Production Coordinator: 1980s ''

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 ...

'' (hired by Michael Malone) *Script Writer: 1995 - 1996 ''

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 ...

'' (hired by

Maria Arena Bell Maria Arena Bell (born March 10, 1963) is an American novelist, television and freelance writer. She is the former head writer and executive producer of the CBS Daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless.'' Biography Maria Arena Bell grew u ...

and

Hogan Sheffer Hogan Sheffer (June 12, 1958 – September 28, 2019) was an American screenwriter. Personal life Sheffer was born in York, Pennsylvania. His full birth name was Mark Wayne Sheffer; he received his nickname of Hogan from younger brother Craig, who ...

) *Script Writer (April 30, 2009 - March 25, 2010) *Breakdown Writer (March 30, 2009 - August 4, 2009)

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 ...

Nominations *2003–2004, 2006: Best Writing, ''As The World Turns'' *2001 & 2002: Best Drama Series, ''All My Children'' *2000: Best Writing, ''As The World Turns'' *1996: Best Writing, ''One Life To Live'' *1993: Best Directing;, ''Guiding Light'' Wins *1994: Best Directing, ''Guiding Light''

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 ...

Nominations *1997, 1998, 2005 & 2006 seasons: ''As The World Turns'' Wins *2003 season: ''All My Children''

References

External links

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