Janet Iacobuzio

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Janet Iacobuzio (born January 2, 1962) is an American television soap opera writer.

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Life

She was born in 1962.

In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The experienced soap writers recruited included Iacobuzion, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante. [1]

Positions held

All My Children

Another World

As the World Turns

Days of Our Lives

General Hospital

One Life to Live

Sunset Beach

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

Writers Guild of America Award

Head writer tenures

Preceded by
Richard Culliton (no HW listed before they joined)
Head Writer of General Hospital (with Christopher Whitesell)
June 16 – December 5, 1997
Succeeded by

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References

  1. Wiseman, Andreas (2020-08-04). "Serialized Fiction App Radish Gets $63M Funding, Opens LA Office & Eyes TV Opportunities". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-29.