In Conversation: Screenwriting with Maya Perez and Shia Shabazz Smith

is proud to present this special installment of our In Conversation series featuring award-winning screenwriters Maya Perez and Shia Shabazz Smith. Torch Literary Arts

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Television producer and screenwriter is currently developing a pilot with Berlanti Productions and an independent sci-fi TV series. She was a co-producer on a romantic drama series starring Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridloff and produced by Ava DuVernay for Starz, an executive story editor on Showtime’s , and an executive producer on EMMY Award-winning  on PBS for eleven seasons. Her feature screenplays have been optioned for production and recognized by fellowships from SFFILM/Westridge, Sundance Institute, and NY Stage & Film.Maya PerezAmerican Rust S2Austin Film Festival’s On Story

is a screenwriter, poet, and educator who strives to ensure that her art and service represent her varied communities at large. An educated an…