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< Back Tracy Held tracyheldconsulting@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6326686/ Tracy Held (she/they) is an award-winning, multi-racial Chinese/Eastern European American writer for stage and screen. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy has a background in nonprofit fundraising and conservation science. She is a do-gooder with a heart of puns who writes like Rachel Bloom on PBS. Tracy uses her writing to defeat pessimism and to inspire collaboration and connection. Winner of an Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award, she is a co-founder of Erosion films, founder of All Terrain Theater, and served as a former Executive Director of the nonprofit Play Cafe. She was the Vice-Chair of the Writers Guild of America West Asian American Writers Committee. Tracy has a BS in Conservation and Resource Studies from UC, Berkeley and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic SCIENCE FAIR (Coming of Age Musical Feature) All Katie wants to do is save the world, and she has a step-by-step plan to do it, but first she needs to win her high school science fair which means accepting the hard-to-believe truth that she may not always be right. NATURE ORGANIZATION (Comedy, Pilot) Theresa Chin's first act as the new Executive Director of the struggling nonprofit Friends of the Local Parks is to eliminate the office hierarchy, but the human and animal staff fall apart without their beloved structure, and the newly-hired horse just wants to stop being stuck in the door. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Science, Coming-of-Age, YA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic unrepped

< Back Gabe Berry gabe.m.berry@gmail.com 574-527-8095 Coverfly From unshowered rock bands to traveling the country training surgeons with cadavers, Gabe’s writing is inspired by real life and death. His character-driven stories entertain and normalize mental illness and LGBTQIA+ relationships. Honors & Awards Six Scripts in top 1%, Coverfly - 2024 PAGE Awards - Finalist - DEAD MELODY - 2024 Atlanta Film Festival - Finalist - THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE - 2023 non-WGA Male, 40+ DEAD MELODY DONNIE DARKO meets SING STREET Formaldehyde and ancient mummification techniques are not enough to keep a grieving teen from decomposing before he can leave his mark on the world. THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE meets NEBRASKA with all female characters A dying, anxiety-ridden woman uses cartoon action figures and a cardboard box to survive a road trip to the country’s smallest lighthouse. NEXT SEMESTER THE SKELETON TWINS meets THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN A down-on-his-luck dad struggles to find purpose when left with no choice but to move into a college dorm room with his undelighted daughter. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Psychological, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet Male, 40+ unrepped

< Back Kim Turner redharecreatives@gmail.com 850-543-7559 http://www.themightykim.com Coverfly The Black List Kim Turner is a professional screenwriter and has performed in improvisational and sketch comedy for over 25 years. She was in the nation's first all-female improv team, "Big Purse", in 1992. She complemented this work with an Associates Degree in Theater from Palm Beach State College. Kim attended the Second City Training Program in Chicago - completing both the writing and improvisation programs and being accepted (on the first attempt) to its exclusive Conservatory Program. Additionally, she completed the writing program at iO (formerly Improv Olympic) and worked with the Annoyance Theater (Chicago). Following her experience in Chicago, Kim was selected as one of twelve screenwriters for the inaugural Meryl Streep Writers Lab in 2015 (and only comedy!). Kim has quartered, semifinaled or finaled at the Austin Film Festival, the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, Stowe Story Labs (Tangerine Fellowship), Final Draft/Big Break and many others. Kim makes tremendous chocolate chip cookies and reads stories aloud in unique voices. She has a comprehensive knowledge of 80s trivia, Star Trek lore and can recite much of the dialogue from the animated Hobbit and Raising Arizona. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Winner YMH Comedy Fellowship - Chasing Shadows (with Tony Ferrendelli) - 2024 The Writers Lab supported by Meryl Streep - (Comedy Feature) - Winner - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2015 (Inaugural year) Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Semifinalist - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2020 non-WGA Female, Over 50 CHASING SHADOWS (with Tony Ferrendelli) A coming-of-middle-age story about a couple who separates just shy of their 25th anniversary and must figure out if being alone is better than feeling alone in a relationship. Marriage is not for the faint of heart. MEDICINE SHOW (Half-hour Western Comedy - 30 Rock meets Blazing Saddles) A glorified confidence man finds himself in desperate need of help when he is discovered half-dead in the desert by a First Nations woman and a traveler looking to settle in the Old West. CHRISTY'S GOT CANCER! (Comedy Feature - Think Little Miss Sunshine meets The Big Sick) When Kate’s hypochondriac, maelstrom of a self-involved mother gets the kind of news no one (but she) wants, Kate must marshal her family’s collective dysfunctional superpowers to come up with a care plan and resolve their relationship in time. Character-driven, Sketch, Satire, Late Night, Magical Realism, Bittersweet, Dark, Fantasy Female, Over 50 unrepped

< Back Roxanne Beck Raye Attorney: Judith Karfiol, Esq., 323-463-4800, Judith@karfiol-law.com https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0065270?ref_=hm_prof_name Coverfly The Black List Roxanne Beck Raye has been writing stories since she was seven. After graduating from college with a B.A. in English, she took a career detour as a singer and voice actor in Nashville and New York, singing with countless bands, recording two albums and accumulating a lengthy list of animation VO credits ("Pokémon," "Doug"). But her lifelong love of movies and television inevitably led her to Los Angeles, where an Oscar-winning producer optioned her first script. She then went on to earn an MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. Roxanne's writing tends to focus on women who won't be silenced, and underdogs who never give up; influences include Callie Khouri, Flannery O'Connor, and Scott Frank. Credits: MISS FAMOUS starring Kristen Wiig and Jimmy Kimmel (available on Prime in the compilation feature THE HEYDAY OF THE INSENSITIVE BASTARDS); CATERPILLARLAND (children's book, Chakra 4 Publishing); and rewrites for studios and production companies. After receiving a ‘9’ rating on The Black List, her TV drama pilot THE QUEEN OF MAGIC, based on the true story of the most successful female magician of the 20th century, was optioned by two-time Tony Award-winning producer Lamar Richardson. A member of the IWC and a Women in Film Mentoring Program alum, Roxanne lives in Sherman Oaks, CA, with her wonderful dogs Dolly and Lucky. Honors & Awards Top 1% of TV Dramas, Coverfly - THE QUEEN OF MAGIC - 2024 Humanitas Drama Fellowship Nominee - THE INTENDERS - 2012 Oliver's Prize, UCLA - CATERPILLARLAND - 2011 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE QUEEN OF MAGIC (TV Drama; THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT meets MRS. MAISEL) Based on a true story: The relentlessly ambitious daughter of a Midwest circus owner overcomes the hurdles of a broken home, a rival magician, and 1920s sexism to become the undisputed “Queen of Magic” and the greatest female magician of the 20th century. HAND TO GOD (TV Drama; SAVING GRACE meets TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL) Two days before Christmas, a struggling New York actress/bartender returns to her Georgia hometown, planning to stay “three days, max.” But when her childhood friend is fatally injured in a car crash, she must decide what to do with the powerful gift of healing her friend leaves her. FLORIDA (TV Drama; Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN meets STAND BY ME) Cousins Luke, 19, and Matt, 22, set out on a road trip from North Carolina to Florida on spring break in 1982, envisioning a week of easy girls, alcohol, and partying. But when they pick up a beautiful, pregnant young hitchhiker, their lives will be changed forever. Character-driven, Female-centric, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Animation, Bittersweet, Magical Realism Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Tiffany Yarde yarde_tiffany@yahoo.com https://www.tiffanyyarde.com/ Coverfly Tiffany Yarde is a Caribbean-American screenwriter whose upbringing in the Walt Whitman Public Housing of Brooklyn, NY, by Bajan immigrants deeply influences her exploration of culturally diverse characters grappling with self-acceptance. Tiffany wrote the culturally inclusive TV movie Dress for Success, which recently premiered on Tubi. She also co-wrote the short film Bon Voyage, showcased in NYC as part of the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge. As a fellow in the inaugural Creative Corridor Program, a transatlantic industry initiative by Independent Film Trust and Roadmap Writers, Tiffany has honed her craft alongside global talent. She holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Bryn Mawr College and is currently pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting at the David Lynch School of Cinematic Arts, with her graduation slated for summer 2025. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Black, 40+ AINSWORTH (One-Hour [Serialized] TV | Psychological Crime Thriller, YOU meets HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER ) When a criminology professor with dissociative identity disorder becomes the main suspect in a series of student murders, he teams up with a persistent detective to find the real killer, not realizing the true danger might be within himself. VEINS OF DECEIT (Feature | Crime Thriller Drama, ZODIAC meets THE NIGHTCRAWLER ) A detective frames a suspect in a brutal murder case, but as the lies unravel, he risks becoming the next victim of his own deception. DEADLY STREAM (Feature | Horror | Thriller, SPREE meets HUSH ) Trapped in a department store with a serial killer, a group of aspiring social media influencers must escape before their livestream turns into a deadly one. Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Crime, Thriller, Procedural, Psychological, Horror Female, BIPOC, Black, 40+ unrepped

< Back Philip Pierce Agent: David Saunders, APA - dsaunders@apa-agency.com Philip Pierce is a writer/producer as well as a clinical psychologist and UCLA Lecturer. He wrote and produced the feature film BOY CULTURE based on the novel by Matthew Rettenmund. It premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival, won 21 international awards, and was distributed theatrically. He produced the sequel BOY CULTURE: THE SERIES, which premiered at OutfestLA and the British Film Institute in London. It has won 4 Best Film Fest prizes. A number of Philip's scripts have won awards and been optioned. In addition, FREUD AND JUNG IN AMERICA was a finalist for a Sloan Grant and was selected by the WGA for a showcase performance and LOST LEGEND was selected by the WGA Latinx Committee for a scene reading and was a Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist. MOVE by Academy Award Nominee Matthew Diamond (DANCEMAKER) to which Philip contributed a rewrite was optioned by United Artists. non-WGA Male, LGBTQ+, Over 40 BIO RUN (Sci-fi Thriller - THE FUGITIVE meets CONTAGION) A doctor, suspected of starting an epidemic of a rare disease, goes on the run to clear his name and find the real perpetrator while a relentless FBI bioterrorism agent pursues him. LOST LEGEND (Action/Adventure, Latinx) Set in 1790's California, a privileged young woman, struggling to avenge the death of her father, takes on a dual identity as Zarra. Ultimately, she becomes the unlikely defender of the oppressed Indigenous people: the legend before the legend. Insprired by the public domain novel, The Curse of Capistrano . BLOOD SECRETS (Psychological Thriller) A young FBI behavioral analyst struggles with inner demons as he tracks down an escaped serial killer -- his own father. Character-driven, Science, Medical, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, International Male, LGBTQ+, Over 40 repped

< Back Karol Ruth Silverstein karol@karolruthsilverstein.com https://www.karolruthsilverstein.com/ Karol is an award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter. Her debut young adult novel, Cursed , was loosely drawn from her experience of being diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at thirteen. A funny, frank, and unsentimental take on the “sick kid” genre, Cursed won the prestigious Schneider Family Book Award in 2020. Karol’s feature dramedy screenplay YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND was developed in the Film Independent Screenwriter’s Lab and was a Writer’s Guild of American West Feature Writer’s Access Project honoree. She lives in West Hollywood with two excessively fluffy cats. Honors & Awards Schneider Family Book Awards - CURSED - 2020 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection - CURSED - 2019 Writers Guide of America West/Feature Writers Access Project - YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND - 2016 non-WGA Female, Disabled, Over 40, Over 55 YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND (Dramedy Feature) Pie (9), an overly dramatic crybaby and Beck (10), her budding lesbian sister, nearly break apart along with their divorcing parents in the summer of ‘75. RACE TO ROMANCE (Romantic Comedy Feature in the vein of THE PROPOSAL) Former lovers – and co-hosts of a fading reality show – must work together for the first time since a messy breakup during hiatus and try to save their show. CURSED (YA Novel, Charlesbridge Teen, 2019) Funny, frank and full of F-bombs, young teen Erica navigates being newly diagnosed with a painful chronic illness amid the normal tragedies of 9th grade. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, YA, Children's, Slapstick, Snarky Female, Disabled, Over 40, Over 55 unrepped

< Back Yousif Nash yousif.nash.1@gmail.com https://yousifnash.wordpress.com Coverfly Growing up in the wonderful land of Las Vegas, I always felt like the only Arab Muslim that ever existed. So I drowned myself in stories about other worlds, people going out on adventures, and learning about strange cultures from different parts of life. My parents would also tell me stories about Iraq, how it's like this magical oasis. That is until Saddam Hussein came and ruined everything. They told me how lucky I was her compared to how they had it in Iraq. So I felt like I owed a debt to the country and joined the United States Air Force and got the one job I never wanted: nuclear missile operator. But when you look like the enemy, some people treat you like the enemy. I got an early discharge, went through a depression, then climbed out of it through writing. I discovered that many people that look like me are always portrayed like the bad guy, so I write about Arab characters doing cool things in fantastical worlds, much like the characters I grew up with. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Animation and Family 2024 - KILGORE AND THE ADVENTURES OF THE BARBARIAN ACADEMY WGA Associate Member Male, Middle Eastern LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KNIGHT (One hour drama fantasy) A scruffy veteran helps an innocent girl to master her newfound powers before she becomes a ticking time bomb and destroy an entire continent. Meanwhile, evil forces wants to capture her to use her powers for their own nefarious deeds. LIKE MAGIC (One hour YA drama fantasy) A freshman starts his first year in the world's greatest magical university, but the problem is that he can't use magic. So, he participates in the school's first computer science program. However, he has to gather 14 students by the end of the semester or else the program gets cancelled. SECOND CHANCERS (One hour action procedural) A Las Vegas security guard is wrongly accused of murdering a casino CEO, so he gathers his team of misfits to clear his name while making money at the same time. BIPOC-centric, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA, Animation, Snarky, Magical Realism Male, Middle Eastern unrepped

< Back Lynn Esta Goldman LynnEstaGoldman@gmail.com 415-902-6800 Coverfly Lynn Esta Goldman was born and raised in Miami and later escaped to San Francisco, where she worked as an artist and dancer, teaching ballroom and salsa, before becoming interested in film and screenwriting. Her life experiences range from teaching a hundred Chinese to salsa dance on a Shanghai riverboat to working on a Pediatric HIV ward. She was a finalist in the Nicholl Competition with two different screenplays, won a Gold Prize in the PAGE, and is a member of The Writers Lab sponsored by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. Her screenplay, THE WAY YOU MOVE, is in development with producer Mitchell Peck . She writes dramas, thrillers and dramedies. Honors & Awards Nicholl Fellowship - Finalist - ANGEL ON THE WALL - 2015 Nicholl Fellowship - Finalist - ON THE WING - 2019 PAGE - Gold Prize - BUSTER AND TONY 2024 non-WGA Female, 55+ THE HALF-SISTERHOOD Science Fiction When an orphan runs her DNA, she learns that she has multiple half-sisters – all born the same day, all with the same unique green eye color, all with the same father whose DNA is not human, and all the key to averting a coming pandemic, if only they can outwit forces determined to destroy them first. BUSTER AND TONY Dramedy, Comps are "As Good as it Gets," "The Friend" When an ambitious attorney inherits her sister’s feisty little terrier, she must deal with the messiness of caring for an adorable mutt, juggling an even messier divorce, and overcoming the sexist boneheads at work if she’s ever going to recreate a sense of the family she’s lost. THE FIFTH PRISONER Espionage Action Thriller, The Night Manager/The Spy Who Came in From the Cold While tracking a high-level terrorist, a CIA agent uncovers a plot to overthrow the U.S. government and is forced to choose between saving his threatened family or stopping the conspirators behind the coup: his own countrymen. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Dark, International, Magical Realism Female, 55+ unrepped

< Back Anne Toole thewritetoole@gmail.com https://writingiswriting.wordpress.com/ Writers Guild Award-winning writer Anne Toole has written for live-action series, games, animation, comics, and more. Her work currently appears in Netflix's DANIEL SPELLBOUND and the action-comedy series CANNON BUSTERS. Previously, she wrote for GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR'S CUT and for WOMEN OF MARVEL #1 . She also wrote for DAYS OF OUR LIVES, contributed to the Emmy-winning short-form dramedy THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES, and created the hundred-episode dramedy ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE for the German market. Anne's credits include THE WITCHER game, the HORIZON ZERO DAWN games and comics, and ASSASSIN'S CREED ORIGINS. She has spoken extensively on storytelling across platforms at South by Southwest and Comic-con International as well as in presentations at MIT, Harvard, and Cannes. A citizen of Ireland as well as the US, Anne holds a degree in Archaeology from Harvard. Honors & Awards Golden Joystick Award, Narrative - DAYS GONE - 2022 Writers Guild Award Winner - HORIZON ZERO DAWN - 2018 non-WGA Female UNMOVED MOVER (Period sci-fi short story) Professor Challenger enlists an old friend to find the source of a mysterious sound, while still reeling from the loss of his son in the Great War. WITNESSES (Legal procedural pilot) A disbarred attorney seeks redemption by assembling a team of expert witnesses, but his integrity immediately comes into question on their very first case. Queer, Crime, Procedural, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Animation Female unrepped

< Back Catherine Vouvray cathvouvray@gmail.com http://commelevin.com Coverfly Catherine Vouvray grew up gay in God’s country – the bible belt South – fearing for her life at home with mentally ill parents and out in the rural world, where those in the LGBTQIA+ community were killed for sport. Education saved her life, but writing saved her soul. Her work is focused on empathy, relationships, mental health, and finding the funny in dark times. A published short story writer and produced writer/director, Vouvray’s mission is to add to queer cinema while often placing older (gasp!) women at the epicenter of stories ranging from comedy to drama, to rom-com, to family, and finally, to animation. Oh, and yes, she also writes straight stuff for the youth. Vouvray is in post-production on her first independent feature film, All Wounds , which apparently needs a new title because it isn't a horror. Her influences include Waller-Bridges, Sciamma, Gaudagnino, and Manuel-Miranda. When not indulging in filmmaking, Vouvray writes novels, including The Months of Payne. Catherine is currently a proud fellow of the Michener Center for Writers. Honors & Awards Universal Global Talent Development & Inclusion - Semifinalist - LES GO! - 2021 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ LES GO! Lesbian rom-com After using a lesbian-dating app to research a new role and accidentally meeting Ms. Right, a lonely, middle-aged movie star must redefine what love and career mean to her before she loses both. AUTHOR OF THE EPILOGUE romantic dramedy An elderly woman journeys home to England with her husband's ghost to reconnect with the love she left behind--a woman--before her son puts her in a nursing home. CODENAME: MAME 1/2 hour TV spy comedy An insular, sexy, sixty-year-old spy forced into retirement secretly continues targeting an international crime syndicate who then comes after her and her first-ever friends in the retirement community where she's gone undercover. Character-driven, Female-centric, Queer, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, International Female, LGBTQ+, 40+ unrepped

< Back Steven Vivell smvivell@gmail.com Coverfly Steven Vivell is a writer, actor, and teacher living in Los Angeles. As a child he was often isolated, so he turned to fantasy novels, which fueled his overactive imagination. As a teenager, drama class made him fall in love with acting, which developed his identity and ability to empathize with others. In college, he was finally ready to start writing his own stories. As an adult, he’s learned to balance his introversion and a social life with wonderful friends (3:2 ratio). Steven’s writing combines epic stories and fantastic worlds with empathetic characters and grounded social issues. He loves the writers’ room, utilizing feedback, and reading his peers’ work to help them boost it. He is proud and overjoyed to belong to a community of talented artists. By challenging and supporting each other, we grow together. Steven received an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from UCLA. He received a B.A. in Theatre Arts and English from Loyola Marymount University. He has taken private classes from numerous industry professionals, including Corey Mandell and Wendall Thomas. And he continues to do so, artists can always learn and grow. He loves school so much, one day he might pursue a PhD. non-WGA Male NORMAN BRODY AND THE MAGIC PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE Fantasy Comedy half-hour TV - BOJACK HORSEMAN meets FRASIER A nerdy psychologist helps fantasy creatures adjust to life in Los Angeles. But he must overcome his crippling social anxiety to get a life of his own. BEASTY AND THE BEAU Fantasy Comedy feature - MALEFICENT meets SHREK Bea loves being cursed into a beast, for the power to rebel against her perfectly oppressive fairytale kingdom. But after she blackmails kind Prince Beau to be her accomplice, she fears true love’s kiss will take away her power. SILLY GOOSE Animated Comedy half-hour TV - REGULAR SHOW meets STEVEN UNIVERSE Silly Goose loves his job as town fool, so he can make people happy with laughter. But he worries if anyone finds out he gets very sad, they won’t laugh at his fun antics ever again. Character-driven, Fantasy, Silly Male unrepped