Richard J. Allen (born November 13, 1959, in New York, New York, USA) is an American television soap opera writer. He is professor and former chair of the department of Film, Television and Digital Media at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Allen is also a playwright whose produced plays include "The Man Who Killed Rock Monnenoff," "Seducing Sally" and "Starbright & Vine." Allen is Jewish. [1] He also published "Parashah Plays"—a collection of children's plays covering every portion of the torah.
One Life to Live (hired by Michael Malone)
Writers Guild of America Award
Richard Culliton is an American television writer known for his work on soap operas. He has won four Writers Guild of America Awards, including one as a head writer, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. He is an alumnus of Northwestern University. His wife, Carolyn Culliton, is also a veteran writer for soap operas.
Leah Laiman is an American soap opera writer and romance novelist.
Lorraine Broderick is an American television soap opera writer. She got her start on All My Children as a protégée of the show's creator, Agnes Nixon. She went on to serve four different stints as its Head Writer, ultimately earning her four Daytime Emmy awards in that capacity. Broderick's work on the show has often been met with critical acclaim, citing her as its finest head writer outside of Nixon. She was the last head writer of All My Children's 40-year broadcast run on ABC, penning the show through its network finale on September 23, 2011.
Carolyn Culliton is an American daytime radio and television writer. Born in Indiana, she graduated from Northwestern University. Her husband is fellow daytime serial writer Richard Culliton.
Bettina Francion Bradbury was an American television soap opera screenwriter. She was the daughter of American science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.
Christopher Whitesell is an American television soap opera writer. He has served as either co-head writer, associate head writer, or a breakdown writer on the shows he has worked. In April 2012, he was named co-head writer of Days of Our Lives with Gary Tomlin, replacing Marlene Clark McPherson and Darrell Ray Thomas who had been let go.
Gary Tomlin is an American soap opera actor, writer, producer and director.
Frederick Johnson is an American writer known for his work on television soap operas. He has won five Emmy Awards and five Writers Guild of America Awards. He is an alumnus of Cornell University.
Thom Racina is an American television writer and novelist.
Janet Iacobuzio is an American television soap opera writer.
Ethel Brez was an American television soap opera writer.
Mel Brez was an American television soap opera writer.
Sofia Landon Geier is a television soap opera writer and actress. She is also credited as Sofia Landon or Sophia Landon.
Marlene Clark Poulter McPherson is an American television soap opera writer. McPherson, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.
Pete T. Rich is an American television soap opera script writer. Rich, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America, East, left and maintained financial core status during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.
Peggy Schibi is an American television soap opera script writer.
Maralyn Thoma is an American television soap opera writer.
Nancy Williams Watt is an American writer known for her work on television soap operas. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 9, 1948, to Associated Press editor Edward Williams and newswoman Sheila O'Brien Williams Barnes.
Melissa Salmons is an American writer known for her work on television soap operas, known for her work on Days of Our Lives.
Dorothy Ann Purser is a screenwriter who was born in Hammond, Louisiana. Purser is best known for her work on the television series Days of Our Lives as the head writer and co-writer, and on the television series Guiding Light as head writer. She has been nominated for seven awards, and has received two including a Daytime Emmy.
2. Newsday, NY August 5, 1973, The Marvin Kitman Show
