Maura Penders is an American television

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.

Positions held

'' Another World'' * Associate Head Writer (1998– June 25, 1999) * Script Writer (1998) ''

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'' (hired by

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, then by

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) * Associate Head Writer (1989–1997, 2000–2002) * Occasional Script Writer (1989–1997, 2000–2002) ''

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'' *Associate Writer (2000) ''

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'' *Associate Head Writer (1997) ''

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'' *Script Writer (1984–1986)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award 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 ...

*Nomination, 1994 and 1997, Best Writing, ''Days of our Lives''

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 ...

*Nomination, 1991 and 1993, Best Writing, ''Days of our Lives'' *Nomination, 1986, Best Writing, ''Ryan's Hope''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Penders, Maura American soap opera writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)