Laurie McCarthy

Birth Name:

Laurie McCarthy

Profession

Writer, Producer, Editor

Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Daytime Serials for "Loving" in 1994
Her first writing job came on the fantasy horror TV series "Kindred: The Embraced" in 1996
Quote: "The superstitions of the time led to so much of the horror element of ['Reign']․․․There's a barbarism of the times that is a nice balance to the incredibly privileged lives these people lived․"
Quote: "(On the main character, Mary, in "Reign"): "I love the notion of a girl without a country․ I love that you know it's going to end badly for her and that she has terrible taste in men․""
Best known as the creator and executive producer of "Reign" and the writer and executive producer of "Ghost Whisperer․"
Was a co-executive producer and writer on "Beverly Hills, 90210" in the late 1990s
Created and executive produced the TV series "Windfall" in 2006

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