Chris Abbott

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Chris Abbott (born September 17, 1947) is an American television producer, [1] writer and author.

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Life

She is a graduate of the University of Oregon, with an MFA from Bennington College in Vermont. She started her career writing for Little House on the Prairie . [2] She also wrote for other primetime series such as B.L. Stryker, Legacy, Bandit: Bandit Goes Country, Revealing Evidence: Stalking The Honolulu Strangler, High Sierra Search And Rescue, Cagney & Lacey, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: The Next Generation , and produced and wrote Magnum, P.I. (as Executive Story Consultant), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (as Creative Consultant), and Diagnosis: Murder .

She has worked on the CBS Daytime serials The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless . Abbott was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for best writing in 2006. [3]

Positions held

The Bold and the Beautiful

The Young and the Restless

Books

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

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  1. "Spec Pilots For Real". www.craftyscreenwriting.com. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  2. Little house on the prairie : the ninth and final season, NBC Studios, 2016, retrieved June 14, 2023
  3. "CBS Daytime". CBS.com. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  4. Abbott, Chris (2005). Ten Minutes to the Pitch: Your Last-minute Guide and Checklist for Selling Your Story. Tallfellow Press. ISBN   978-1-931290-56-2.