Mikki Daughtry is an American screenwriter and

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author. She is best known for writing, along with writing partner

Tobias Iaconis Tobias Iaconis is a German American screenwriter. His writing partner is Mikki Daughtry. He is best known for writing, with Daughtry, the films ''The Curse of La Llorona'' (2019), ''Five Feet Apart'' (2019) and ''Nightbooks'' (2021). Early lif ...

, the films ''

The Curse of La Llorona ''The Curse of La Llorona'' (also known as ''The Curse of the Weeping Woman'' in some markets) is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves, in List of directorial debuts#2019, his feature directorial debut, and writte ...

'' (2019), ''

Five Feet Apart ''Five Feet Apart'' is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni (in his directorial debut) and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. The film was inspired by Claire Wineland, who suffered from cystic fibrosis. Haley ...

'' (2019) and ''

Nightbooks ''Nightbooks'' is a 2021 American dark fantasy film directed by David Yarovesky and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. It is based on the 2018 horror-fantasy children's book of the same name by J. A. White. The film stars Winslow Fe ...

'' (2021). Daughtry is from

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. She studied theater arts at

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, where she graduated in 2001. She has written three screenplays that have been produced: ''

,'' ''

The Curse Of La Llorona ''The Curse of La Llorona'' (also known as ''The Curse of the Weeping Woman'' in some markets) is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves, in List of directorial debuts#2019, his feature directorial debut, and writte ...

'', and ''

'', all of which she and her screenwriting partner

co-wrote. The first two films were released in 2019, and ''Nightbooks'' was released in 2021. She and Iaconis had been working together for nearly a decade when ''Five Feet Apart'' came out. A 2018

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of ''Five Feet Apart'', written by

Rachael Lippincott Rachael Lippincott is a New York Times Bestselling, New York Times bestselling American novelist. She is best known for writing the book adaptation of ''Five Feet Apart'', published on November 20, 2018, which became a major motion picture directe ...

with Daughtry and Iaconis, was a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Daughtry subsequently wrote the young adult novel ''All This Time'' with Lippincott, published in 2020.

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