Meredith Averill

Meredith Averill is an American television writer and producer. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Averill graduated from New York University with a degree in screenwriting.[1]

Meredith Averill
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
Years active2008–present
Known for

Early career

Averill began her career as an assistant to TV writer/producers André Nemec and Josh Appelbaum, then became a writer for the ABC Family mini-series Samurai Girl, ABC's Life on Mars and ABC's Happy Town. Averill then spent three years on CBS's The Good Wife as a writer and producer.

Star-Crossed

In May 2013 she signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios, where she was the creator and executive producer of The CW science fiction teen drama Star-Crossed.[2][3]

Further work

After Star-Crossed's cancellation, she then went on to work as a Co-Executive Producer for the CW's "Jane the Virgin" and CBS's "Pure Genius". She served as the co-showrunner/executive producer for Netflix's series The Haunting of Hill House.[4]

In 2018, Averill came on board as the Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer for Netflix's adaptation of "Locke & Key", which she developed for television along with Carlton Cuse and Aron Eli Coleite.[5]

Awards

Averill is a two-time Golden Globe nominee and a four-time nominee of the Writers Guild of America Award. She was chosen as one of Variety's Top 10 TV Writers to Watch for 2013.[3] In 2019, she was awarded the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Screenplay for an episode of The Haunting of Hill House she wrote entitled "The Bent-Neck Lady."[6]

References

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