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Lynn Grant Beck was born in Montclair, New Jersey. She recently had a one hour TV pilot, The House that Jackie Built, optioned by the director Allen Martinez. She has also written an original sitcom pilot, Life in 2D, a spec of the show Mad Men (Paper Dreams) and a bible for a one hour teen musical drama, OffBase. In 2009 she was hired to write a comedy feature screenplay, Hollywood Hit, for Miracle Mile Entertainment. Other feature scripts include a broad comedy, Doppelganger 000; two romantic comedies, Trophy Husband and Trouble; two thrillers, The Power Game and Dead Wrong; and a sci-fi adventure story, Jonny Was. Dead Wrong won an award in the 2008 WIF/MORE screenplay contest and Jonny Was is currently being turned into a graphic novel. Before becoming a full time screenwriter Lynn was a Creative Executive at Interscope Communications, where she traveled to Australia to shoot the film Pitch Black with Vin Diesel. Before coming to Los Angeles Lynn was a playwright in New York City. She founded the independent theater company, The Chelsea Players, and produced many successful Off-off Broadway plays, including Restaurant A, Magic Soup, Platform 8, The Game and The Case of the Stolen Identity. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with an MA in Russian Studies she traveled to Russia where she worked as an assistant director at the Nikitsky Vorot Theater. She spent six months working in Moscow and five months traveling across the former Soviet Union, including to closed cities. She wrote a non-fiction account of that year entitled Adventure in the Soviet Union. Other works include a an anthology of poetry and numerous manuscripts for children’s books. Her love for writing and the arts in general was first fostered at her time spent at Choate Rosemary Hall. She currently lives in Malibu, California with her husband, two children and no pets. Email: Lynn Grant Beck