Carina Adly Mackenzie

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Carina Adly Mackenzie is an American producer, young adult novelist, and screenwriter best known for creating the CW TV series Roswell, New Mexico. [1]

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Early life

Mackenzie grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut and studied English at the University of Colorado at Boulder before moving to Los Angeles to become a writer. [2]

Personal life

She's wanted to become a writer since she was six. [2] Mackenzie has been interested in politics since she was thirteen years old. [3] She likes cowboys and classic sci-fi. [4]

Career

Before becoming a screenwriter, she was a television critic at Zap2it.com, the Los Angeles Times, and Teen Vogue , [2] writing among other things about the American teen drama TV show Gossip Girl. [3]

Mackenzie spent five years as staff writer on The Originals and also wrote for The Flash. [3]

Eternal Night

She wrote a young adult novel for Paper Lantern Lit, a literary development company, called Eternal Night, about gods living in plain sight of humans and then disappearing, bringing chaos onto the world. [5] It was published in August 2014. [6]

Background

Mackenzie notes being frustrated in 2012, wanting to write a novel, but feeling that every publishing house, literary agent, and packaging company she spoke to about that topic was only interested in something like the 50 Shades series, which she personally wasn't interested in writing. An author friend; Rebecca Serle, whom she knew through her work as a television critic, recommended she approach PaperLantern Lit. She submitted a sample of her current work in progress, which led to the eventual creation of Eternal Night. [7]

Roswell, New Mexico

Mackenzie created the show, a reboot of the original Roswell series that launched in 1999 and also included novels. [3]

In July 2020, it was announced she would no longer be serving as executive producer and co-showrunner starting the third season of the series. [8] [9]

We Were Liars

In January 2023, it was announced that Mackenzie will write the second episode of the new TV Series ordered by Amazon [10] based on the young adult contemporary novel We Were Liars , an amnesia thriller set on a private island close to Massachusetts, written by E. Lockhart. Mackenzie will also be serving as executive producer along Julie Plec, Emily Cummins, and E. Lockhart. [11]

Filmography

YearProjectPlatformEpisodesScreenwriterProducerShowrunnerCreatorRef
2017The FlashThe CW1 episodeYesNoNoNo [1]
2014-2018The OriginalsThe CW36 episodesYesNoNoNo [1]
2019-2022Roswell, New MexicoThe CW52 episodesYesYesYesYes [1]
TBDWe Were LiarsPrime Video/AmazonYesYesNoNo [1]

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  2. 1 2 3 Lit, Paper Lantern (2014-03-25). "Carina Adly MacKenzie's Lucky Seven!". Paper Lantern Lit. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Radish, Christina (2019-01-16). "Roswell, New Mexico Creator on Making the Reboot Personal". Collider. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. ↑ Murray, Rebecca (2019-01-14). "Roswell, New Mexico: Carina Adly MacKenzie Interview on the New Series". ShowbizJunkies. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  5. ↑ "Eternal Night". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  6. ↑ Sellers |, John A. "Paper Lantern Lit Gets Into E-Publishing". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  7. ↑ Jaxon, Jenna (2014-08-15). "Interview with Carina Adly MacKenzie". Nicky Peacock - YA & Horror Author. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  8. ↑ "'Roswell, New Mexico' Creator Carina Adly MacKenzie Out as Co-Showrunner on CW Drama". Yahoo Entertainment. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  9. ↑ Sandberg, Bryn (2020-07-10). "Carina Adly MacKenzie Out as 'Roswell, New Mexico' Showrunner (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  10. ↑ Otterson, Joe (2023-03-21). "Amazon Orders 'We Were Liars' Series Adaptation From Julie Plec, Carina Adly MacKenzie". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  11. ↑ White, Peter (2023-03-21). "'We Were Liars' Series Adaptation From Julie Plec & Carina Adly MacKenzie Lands Series Order At Amazon". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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