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Lisa Connor is an American soap opera writer, producer, and director. She is a writer on the ABC Daytime and The Online Network serial drama All My Children .

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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 soap writers recruited included Janet Iacobuzio, Addie Walsh, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante. [1]

Positions held

All My Children

As the World Turns

Days of Our Lives

General Hospital

Guiding Light

One Life to Live (hired by Michael Malone)

The Young and the Restless (hired by Maria Arena Bell and Hogan Sheffer)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

Nominations

Wins

Writers Guild of America Award

Nominations

Wins

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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.
  2. Mandy Treccia (2013-05-24). "TOLN Announces New Headwriters for 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'". TV Source Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  3. Offman, Craig (2002-03-13). "Daytime Emmy noms announced". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-12.