Pamela Renea Veasey (born May 25, 1962) is an American television writer, producer, and director.

Career

Veasey graduated from the

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with degrees in Journalism and Political Science. She began her writing career in 1985, writing an episode of ''

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'' Before that she worked as receptionist behind-the-scenes of the sitcom ''

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'', eventually writing six episodes for the series. In 1990, she became a writer on the sketch comedy series ''

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'', later became head writer, remaining with series until it ended in 1994.Pam Veasey: CSI: NY's 'showrunner' calls the shots for popular TV series
Ebony, Nov, 2008 by Regina R. Robertson In 1997, Veasey decided to transition to drama television, writing an episode ''

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''. During the same year, she served as an executive producer and consulting producer on the sitcoms ''

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'' and ''

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'' respectively. From 1999–2000, she produced the comedy-drama series '' Get Real'' starring

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and

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. From the late 1990s to present, Veasey has produced and written for the

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drama series ''

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'', ''

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''. In 2004 Veasey became the

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of the ''

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'' spin off ''

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''., a position she would remain in till the show was cancelled in 2013. In 2011, Veasey became the executive producer of

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drama '' Ringer'' starring

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, a position she held until the show was officially cancelled on May 11, 2012. In 2014, Veasey took on the role of showrunner for the new CSI spinoff '' CSI: Cyber'', the same role she held on ''

''. ''Cyber'' aired its first season of thirteen episodes in 2015, while CBS later renewed the series for twenty-two (later reduced to eighteen) second-season episodes, that aired from 2015-2016.

Personal life

Veasey was married to Marvin Williams, an assistant football coach at

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and her two sons Mason and Avery, are also athletes. Avery was drafted in the 5th round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Veasey and Williams divorced in 2011.

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