Erin Levy is an American television writer. She has worked on the

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'' and has won an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award.

Biography

Daughter of television writer

Lawrence H. Levy Lawrence H. Levy is an American screenwriter, author, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his work on television series ''Savannah'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Family Ties'', ''Trapper John, M.D.'', ''Saved by the Bell'', '' Who's the Boss?'', ...

, Erin Levy took a screenwriting seminar at USC in high school, which sparked her interest in following in her father's footsteps. Levy attended USC undergraduate for screenwriting, where one of her professors was

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. The two kept in touch, and when Weiner needed a writing assistant, Levy joined the crew of

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'' as a writing assistant for the third season in 2009. The first episode she co-wrote was the season finale, "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." Levy and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the third season. "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" is her first episode where she is given solo writing credit. In 2010, she and the rest of the writing staff won an Emmy Award for her writing in the

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''. She is credited as a writer for the 2017-2019 Starz series '' Counterpart''.

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