Martha Williamson is a television producer, best known as the head writer and executive producer of the long-running hit CBS television series ''

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''. Martha began her career in television working on musical variety programs for

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, and others. She wrote and produced for half-hour comedies such as the long-running '' The Facts of Life'' and ''

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'' with

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. She made the transition to one-hour drama as producer of '' Jack's Place'' for

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and Co-Executive Producer of the CBS series '' Under One Roof'', which starred

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. In 1994 she became the Executive Producer of ''Touched by an Angel''. Currently, she is the creator of the TV series Signed, Sealed, Delivered, which has aired since October 2013 on the

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and on

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. She was named in 2007 by her publisher as one of the "12 Most Powerful Christians in Hollywood." She became the first woman to solely produce two network television dramas simultaneously. ''Touched by an Angel'' was nominated for nine

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and was inducted into the Museum of Television and Radio Hall of Fame. It has been translated into more than sixty languages and continues to be broadcast around the world. She hosts ''A Touch of Encouragement'' on

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. Her awards include the Freedom Works Award from the U.S. Congress, the Edward R. Murrow Responsibility in Television Award, the Producers Guild Nova Award, the

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, as well as honors from the

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, the

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, the

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, Catholics in Media. She was appointed to the President's White House Council on Service and Civic Participation. A native of Colorado, Martha lives in Southern California with her husband, Jon Andersen,http://www.hourofpower.org/interviews/detail.php?contentid=5691
and their two children. She is a graduate of

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