Robin Green | |
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Born | Providence, Rhode Island | July 31, 1945
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brown University (B.A.) Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) |
Notable works | The Sopranos , Blue Bloods |
Spouse | Mitchell Burgess |
Robin Green (born July 31, 1945) is an American writer and producer. She was a writer and executive producer on the HBO series The Sopranos and was the co-creator and executive producer of the CBS series Blue Bloods . [1] [2] In the 1970s, Green was a writer for Rolling Stone .
A Rhode Island native, [3] Robin Green earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American literature from Pembroke College in Brown University, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. [3] Green is Jewish. [4]
In 1968, Green worked as Marvel Comics' secretary-receptionist and "Gal Friday" for editor-in-chief Stan Lee. [5]
After moving on from Marvel she spent time as a magazine journalist in such publications as Rolling Stone . [6]
Upon entering the television industry as a writer, Green wrote and produced for such series as The Sopranos , Northern Exposure , A Year in the Life and Almost Grown , and wrote the Showtime TV movie Critical Choices. [7] [8] In 2010, Green worked as an executive consultant and writer on the second season of police drama Southland .
In August 2018 Little Brown and Company published Green's memoir, The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone . [9]
Green is married to Sopranos co-writer Mitchell Burgess. Together, they created the CBS police procedural Blue Bloods , which premiered in 2010. [10] [11]
Green won an Emmy Award for her work on the CBS series Northern Exposure. She was awarded Emmys for Best Writing of a Drama Series for episodes of The Sopranos in 2001 and 2003, as well as an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2004. In addition, she won two Peabody Awards and a Golden Globe Award for the series.
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