Crystal Liu

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Crystal Liu
OccupationTelevision writer
Years active2003–present

Crystal Liu is an American television writer.

She is well known for her work on FX 's American Horror Story .

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Liu got her start as a production assistant on the 75th Academy Awards. She went on to serve as an assistant to executive producers on NBC 's Lipstick Jungle , for the entirety of its two-season run. She served as an associate producer for one episode of Maneater . She first worked with Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy on their Fox musical comedy Glee , as script supervisor. A position she served in during the shows third year. In 2011, the writing duo recruited Liu to their new FX series American Horror Story . She worked as script supervisor from the pilot to the end of the third season; she was then promoted to staff writer for the fourth season; before receiving another promotion to story editor during American Horror Story: Hotel . [1] She has contributed four scripts for the series.

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References

  1. "Crystal Liu". TV.com . Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.