Carlyn Greenwald is an author, graphic novelist, and screenwriter hailing from Manhattan Beach, California. She’s a USC alumni with degrees in English, Screenwriting, and Forensics & Criminality and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The New School. She is a YA 2016 Pitch Wars mentee, AMM R4 mentee, Pitch Wars 2020 mentor, and AMM R6 mentor. Her one-hour drama pilot was recognized as a semi-finalist in the CBS Writers Mentoring Program in 2018. She currently works for story kitchen Cake Creative. Her debut adult novel, SIZZLE REEL, will be published with Vintage Books April 18, 2023 and her YA debut, TIME OUT, cowritten with actor and producer Sean Hayes and producer Todd Milliner, will be published with Simon & Shuster Books for Young Readers May 2, 2023. When she’s not writing, she’s deep in pop culture YouTube, gaming, and hanging with her dogs.