Kerry Ehrin | |
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Born |
Kerry Anne Ehrin October 8, 1960 Los Angeles, California. U.S. |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
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Years active | 1984–present |
Children | 3 |
Kerry Anne Ehrin (born October 8, 1960) is an American screenwriter, showrunner, and producer. In 1990, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work on the ABC comedy-drama series The Wonder Years. From 2006 until its ending in 2011, she worked as a consulting producer on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights. She is currently showrunner of the A&E drama series Bates Motel.
Ehrin was born in Los Angeles. She was educated at Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California, from which she graduated in 1978. Ehrin went on to study playwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has three children with Mr. Wrong co-writer Craig Munson: daughter Shane, and twin sons Alex and Nicky.
In 1989, Ehrin began her career as a writer and co-producer on the ABC comedy-drama mystery series Moonlighting and the ABC comedy-drama series The Wonder Years. For the latter, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. She next served as a consulting producer and writer on the Fox drama series Boston Public from 2003 to 2004, and on the ABC legal drama series Boston Legal from 2004 to 2005.