David Stenn

David Stenn is an American television writer-producer, biographer, and film preservationist. His television credits range from Hill Street Blues to Boardwalk Empire, and he is also known for his highly-regarded biographies of iconic Hollywood stars Clara Bow and Jean Harlow.

Stenn was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University. His television career began one year later, when he became the youngest writer of the landmark NBC series Hill Street Blues. He subsequently served as a writer and story editor for the anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–86). His teleplay for the made-for-TV movie She Was Marked for Murder (1988) earned him an Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America. Stenn also wrote the Universal feature film Cool as Ice (1991).

Subsequent television series credits include the Fox Network's 21 Jump Street (writer-producer) and Beverly Hills 90210 (writer-supervising producer and creator of the character Dylan McKay, portrayed by Luke Perry); the NBC miniseries The Secrets of Lake Success (writer-executive producer); the CBS series Central Park West (writer-co-executive producer); Showtime’s The L Word (writer-co-executive producer), and the HBO period gangster drama Boardwalk Empire (writer-supervising producer, consultant).

Concurrently with his early television career, Stenn wrote the biographies Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild (1988) and Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow (1993), both edited by Jacqueline Onassis at Doubleday. Widely praised for their sensitivity and depth of research, both books are considered definitive works on their subjects: Bombshell was named a New York Times “Notable Book” of the year, and Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild, a best-seller, remains in print today and is considered among the most durable titles of Onassis's two-decade editorial career.

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