Erica Messer

Birth Name:

Erica Messer

Birth Place:

United States

Profession

Writer, Producer

She attended Florida State University and graduated from Salisbury University in Maryland
Quote: "(On her work) "It excites me that we get to tell stories for a living․ We are so lucky-I mean ridiculously lucky-and grateful that people are affected and entertained by them․""
Quote: "(On role models) "By working, being a mom and playing with your children, you are being the best role model․ As a result, you are showing them that they can do these things, because they know they are loved, they know they are safe․""
She is the longest-serving writer on the series "Criminal Minds," having been there since the first broadcast
She has been with the CBS-TV series "Criminal Minds" since just after its pilot episode was filmed, and she became its executive producer in September 2010 as its sixth season started
Her grandmother worked for a U․S․ Senator, and her mother was working for Richard Nixon when he became vice president
She says her first role model was her grandmother, who had to keep her marriage secret in the late 1930s because she and her new husband both had jobs at a time when there weren't enough of them to go around

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