Rebecca Rand Kirshner

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Rebecca Kirshner
BornRebecca Rand Kirshner
1974 (age 4849)
United States
OccupationWriter, Showrunner

Rebecca Kirshner is a writer and producer for American television. Her writing credits include Freaks and Geeks , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and Gilmore Girls . She was the executive producer and showrunner of 90210 for the second and third season. According to a CBS rep, Kirshner was a saving force for the CW drama. [1] She left the show in 2011 to pursue other creative interests.

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Life and career

Kirshner has written for television under several names including Rebecca Kirshner, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair, R.R.K. Sinclair and Rebecca Sinclair. [2] [ better source needed ] She is currently writing as Rebecca Kirshner. She has written both hour long and half-hour long pilots.

In addition to her work in television, Kirshner writes children's stories and is a visual artist. In 2016, her art show "How to Make Love to a Cactus" was exhibited in Los Angeles and Yucca Valley. [3]

She attended Harvard University where she was on the Harvard Lampoon as an editor and artist. [4] She is the daughter of astrophysics professor Robert Kirshner, the great-granddaughter of Olympic hurdler William Rand and the descendant of Rebecca Nurse who was executed as a witch in Salem in 1692. [5]

She married writer Josh Lieb in 2001. They divorced in 2003. She married New Zealand filmmaker and musician Harry Sinclair in December 2008. [6] They were divorced in April 2016. In January 2018, she married French author Thibaut Mosneron Dupin. She has two children. In 2019, she co-created the children's animated series Kiri and Lou with Sinclair.

Television work

Freaks and Geeks

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Gilmore Girls

Co- Executive Producer (S7)

90210

Showrunner (Seasons 2 & 3), Executive Producer (from episode "Secrets and Lies")

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