Michael Kelley (born 1967, Chicago, Illinois) is an American television writer and producer and creator of television series What/If , Revenge and Swingtown .
Kelley was born in Chicago, growing up and attending school at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, until 1985. [1] A classmate of his was musician Liz Phair, whom he would later bring to the television scoring business. [2]
Kelley has written and produced on shows including The O.C. and Providence . He co-wrote episodes of Providence with Jennifer M. Johnson. He is creator of the TV series Swingtown , and has also written episodes for the show, which began airing on CBS in 2008.
Kelley created and wrote ABC's Revenge , a contemporary re-imagining of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo from a female perspective. [3]
In August 2018, it was announced that Kelley will be credited as an executive producer, writer and creator for the Netflix anthology thriller miniseries, What/If . The series premiered on May 24, 2019. [4]