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) is an American daytime radio and television writer. Born in

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, she graduated from

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Richard Culliton Richard Culliton is an American television writer known for his work on soap operas. He has won four Writers Guild of America Awards, including one as a head writer, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. He is an alumnus of Northwestern University. His w ...

Positions held

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2 ...

'' *Breakdown Writer: 1992 - 1993 '' Another World'' *

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: November 1994 - August 1995 *Associate Head Writer: 1984 - 1985, 1986–1991, 1998 - June 25, 1999 *Script Writer: 1985, 1998 Culltion's AW Team: November 1994 - August 1995; her writing team consisted of Sharon Epstein, Peter Brash, Elizabeth Page, Sofia Landon Geier, Janet Iacobuzio, Victor Miller, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Craig Carlson,

Judith Pinsker Judith Ann Pinsker (January 17, 1940, Kenmore, New York - April 26, 2014, Englewood, New Jersey) was an American television writer. Pinsker co-wrote (with Claire Labine) the 1995 ''New York Times'' bestseller ''General Hospital'' tie-in novel ''R ...

, Lorraine Broderick, Mimi Leahey, and Kathleen Kennedy. ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other so ...

'' *Co-Head Writer: 1999 - 2001 *Associate Head Writer: October 2001 - October 2002, Spring 2004 - August 29, 2004 ''

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'' *Script Editor : 2010–2023 *Script Writer: February 22, 2010 – October 20, 2023 ''

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'' *Co-Head-Writer: 1997 ''

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'' *Head Writer: 1983 *Co-Head Writer: November 2002 - September 12, 2003 *Associate Head Writer: 1984, 1995, 2003 '' Loving'' *Associate Head Writer: 1995 ''

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'' *Script Writer: August 31, 2005 – November 15, 2007 *Script Editor: October 2007 - February 7, 2008, April 23, 2008 – 2010) ''

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'' *Co-Head Writer: June 1, 1997 - December 1997 '' Sunset Beach'' *Script Writer: 1999 '' The City'' *Associate Head Writer: November 1995 - March 1997 *Secretary to

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in 1983

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards 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 (NA ...

WINS *(2001, 2002 & 2005; Best Writing; ''As the World Turns'') *(2008; Best Writing; ''One Life to Live'') *(2012; Best Writing; ''Days of Our Lives'') NOMINATIONS *(1985; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'') *(1985, 1989 & 1996; Best Writing; ''Another World'') *(1993; Best Writing; ''All My Children'') *(2000 & 2003; Best Writing; ''As the World Turns'') *(2006 & 2009; Best Writing; ''One Life to Live'') *(2011 & 2014; 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 ...

WINS *(2014 season; ''Days of Our Lives'') NOMINATIONS *(1985 season; ''Guiding Light'') *(1994 season; ''All My Children'') *(1995 & 1996 seasons; ''Another World'') *(2006, 2009, 2010 & 2011 seasons; ''One Life to Live'') *(2013 & 2015 seasons; ''Days of Our Lives'')

Head writing tenure

References

External links

* Living people American soap opera writers American women soap opera writers Year of birth missing (living people) Writers from Indiana Daytime Emmy Award winners Writers Guild of America Award winners 21st-century American women {{US-tv-writer-stub