Dawn Comer Jefferson
Writer
Television & Film
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I write about the mother 'hood, adulting, family drama (and the crime that often accompanies that drama).
Arturo Sandoval
57th Annual Holiday Celebration on PBS
Aloe Blacc
56th Annual
Holiday Celebration on PBS
Judy Collins
54th Annual Holiday Celebration on PBS
Josh Grobin
The Los Angeles Music Center's 2021 Spotlight Grande Finale on PBS
Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
And then there's my NPR/PBSwork...
BOOKS & ARTICLES
Three-Ring Circus: How Real Couples Balance Marriage, Work, And Family
The Promise
Maggie's American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family
Audio Recording
Books & Articles
Three-Ring Circus: How Real Couples Balance Marriage, Work, And Family
The Promise
Maggie's American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family
Audio Recording
Bio
Dawn Comer Jefferson is an award-winning writer, producer, author, and teaching artist. She has written and produced television dramas for broadcast and cable networks, and written Emmy winning live arts programming for PBS and the Los Angeles Music Center. Dawn was first nominated for an Emmy for writing the Fox animated film, Our Friend, Martin. Currently, Dawn is adapting the autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, for producers Suzanne de Passe and Willette Klausner, and writing a pilot based on the life of early civil rights pioneer, Barney Ford.
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Dawn is the co-author of the non-fiction parenting guide Three Ring Circus: How Real Couples Balance Marriage, Work, and Family, and the African American historical children’s fiction The Promise.
Dawn’s essays have been featured in the travel anthology Go Girl: The Black Woman’s Guide to Travel and Adventure, an Oprah book pick, and its sequel coming out in 2024.
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A graduate of the theatre program at Northwestern University, Dawn started her career in the Disney Writing Program. Dawn teaches screenwriting in the MFA Film and Television Writing program at Stephens College, and the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen and Television at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
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Dawn has two children and is married to a rocket scientist who navigates missions to the Moon and Mars.
Photo Credit: Jeffrey Rovner
Speaking
To schedule Dawn to teach a workshop, speak, or moderate an event, please contact:
Will Levine
Upper Management
425 S. Cochran Avenue, Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Email: Uppermgt1@gmail.com
Tel.: 323-428-9891
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Topics
· Writing for the One Hour Drama
· Crafting Your Personal Story and Why It Matters
· Developing Your Brand
· Parenting On and Off Screen
· Adapting True Stories for TV
· Representation Then and Now
· And others…
Events
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News
Breaking News (sorta)
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Redbook Magazine named Go Girl as one of the must read 34 Travel Books That Will Take You Around the World
Please to be included with authors Maya Angelou and Gwendolyn Brook in this inspirational collection of travel stories written by 52 Black women, reflecting on journeys around the world.
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Oprah Magazine showcased "Go Girl: The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure" in its listing of the "26 Best Travel Books That Will Take You All Around the World With No Plane Ticket Required" July 2020. I am one of the contributors to the anthology.
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Contact
For inquiries, please contact Will Levine, Upper Management:
Office: 323-933-2224 | Mobile: 323-428-9891| uppermgt1@gmail.com