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|text= The wonderful thing about ''Supernatural'' is that it attracts the kind of writer that has this vast love for genre and horror. People that come in to interview for this job who have this encyclopedia knowledge. We just sit and chew the shit for an hour about this sort of thing. It’s sort of like having coffee with geeky friends.  
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|text= The wonderful thing about ''Supernatural'' is that it attracts the kind of writer that has this vast love for genre and horror. People that come in to interview for this job who have this encyclopedia knowledge. We just sit and chew the shit for an hour about this sort of thing. It’s sort of like having coffee with geeky friends.  
 
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|source= [[Comic Con 2011]], [http://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/article-list/category/16359-sera-gamble-interview-comic-con-2011-press-room.html Source]
 
|source= [[Comic Con 2011]], [http://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/article-list/category/16359-sera-gamble-interview-comic-con-2011-press-room.html Source]
 
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This section has entries for all the people who have had a writing credit on ''[[Supernatural]]''. The [[Writer and Director Episode Guide]] lists each episode by director and writer.
 
This section has entries for all the people who have had a writing credit on ''[[Supernatural]]''. The [[Writer and Director Episode Guide]] lists each episode by director and writer.
  
The ''Supernatural'' writing team and post-production is based in LA while the show, except for [[1.01 Pilot]], is filmed in Vancouver.
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The ''Supernatural'' writing team and post-production is based in LA while the show (except for [[1.01 Pilot]]) is filmed in Vancouver.  
 
 
Following a large roster of writers in season one, ''Supernatural'' has had a core group of around eight writers each season. Writing on a TV show is not a solo effort - story arcs and individual episodes will be developed and broken in collaboration the writers' room. [[Eric Kripke]], [[Bob Singer]] and [[Sera Gamble]] in particular have had a much greater input and influence on the scripts than their individual writing credits indicate. In addition story editors and writers assistants have input at different parts of the scripts development. Some writers assistants have gained writing credits on the show including [[Emily McLaughlin]], [[Jenny Klein]], [[Jackson Stewart]] and [[John Bring]]. Stunt coordinator [[Lou Bollo]] also has co-written the story for two episodes.
 
  
It is normal practice for TV writers and directors to be given a producer or executive producer credit as they become more senior in the production team, although not all of these will actually take on roles more broadly involved in the show's production.  
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Following a large roster of writers in season one (of which most were "freelancers"), ''Supernatural'' has had a core group of around eight writers each season. Writing on a TV show is not a solo effort -- story arcs and individual episodes will be developed and broken in collaboration with the writers' room. [[Eric Kripke]], [[Bob Singer]] and [[Sera Gamble]] in particular have had a much greater input and influence on the scripts than their individual writing credits indicate. In addition story editors and writers assistants have input at different parts of the scripts development. Some writers assistants have gained writing credits on the show including [[Emily McLaughlin]], [[Jenny Klein]], [[Jackson Stewart]] and [[John Bring]]. Stunt coordinator [[Lou Bollo]] has also received a "story by" credit for two episodes.
  
Robert Singer, who has been co-showrunner (executive producer) since the beginning only has three episode writing credits, although he has input on all scripts. He stepped back from the Executive Producer role, to Consulting Producer, in Season 11. He remains one of the regular directors.
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[[File:Spnwritersseason12.jpg |right|thumb|350px|Jared and Jensen visit the writers in LA in Season 12]]
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It is normal practice for TV writers and directors to be given a producer or executive producer credit as they become more senior in the production team, although not all of these will actually take on roles more broadly involved in the show's production. Robert Singer, who has been co-showrunner (executive producer) since the beginning only has three episode writing credits, although he has input on all scripts. He stepped back from the executive producer role to consulting producer in season eleven, while still remaining one of the show's regular directors. With season twelve, Singer once again returned to the role as co-showrunner alongside Andrew Dabb.
  
 
Some regular writers who have moved on from ''Supernatural'' include:   
 
Some regular writers who have moved on from ''Supernatural'' include:   
* [[John Shiban]] - writer and Executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844653/ Legend of the Seeker]'' ,''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/ Breaking Bad]'' and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094262/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1 Da Vinci's Demons] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699748/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_2 Hell on Wheels].
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* [[John Shiban]] was a writer and executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844653/ Legend of the Seeker]'', ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/ Breaking Bad]'', ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699748/ Hell on Wheels]'' and ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094262/ Da Vinci's Demons.]''
* [[Raelle Tucker]] - writer and producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844441/ True Blood]'' and writer and Executive producer on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230780/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1 The Returned]
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* [[Raelle Tucker]] was a writer and producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844441/ True Blood]'' and writer and executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230780/ The Returned]'' and last served as a writer and executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357547 Marvel's Jessica Jones.]''. She also produced and wrote ''Sacred Lies''.
* [[Cathryn Humphris]] - writer and executive story editor on ''[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402095/ Mad Men]'', supervising producer on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2191671/ Elementary], Executive Producer on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1553656/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_2 Under The Dome] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3560084/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1 NCIS: New Orleans]
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* [[Cathryn Humphris]], was a writer and executive story editor on ''[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402095/ Mad Men]'', supervising producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2191671/ Elementary]'', executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1553656/ Under the Dome]'' and currently serves as a writer and co-executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3560084/ NCIS: New Orleans.]''
* [[Eric Kripke]] - left as showrunner and writer after [[:Category:Season 5|season five]]. His new series ''[[Revolution]]'' aired on NBC from 2012-2014. He is currently developing a series for NBC with Shawn Ryan called "Time".
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* [[Eric Kripke]] remained with ''Supernatural'' in a reduced capacity during season six, retaining an executive producer credit and writing the finale. He worked in a pre-production capacity in season seven and would officially step back from ''Supernatural'' during this time, when his new series ''[[Revolution]]'' went into production and began airing on NBC from 2012-2014. He is currently developing a series for USA Network, based on his own Vertigo comic series, ''Amped''. Kripke was also writer and executive producer for ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5511582/ Timeless]'' on NBC with Shawn Ryan. In November 2017 ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/ The Boys]'', based on a comic by Garth Ennis and Darrick Robinson, was given the greenlight by Amazon Studios.  
* [[Sera Gamble]] - left as showrunner and writer after [[:Category:Season 7|season seven]]. She is the co-executive Producer on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3768572/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_2 Auqarius] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4254242/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1 The Magicians], which are both entering their second seasons.
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* [[Sera Gamble]], left as showrunner and writer after [[:Category:Season 7|season seven]]. She became a writer and executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3768572/ Aquarius]'' for two seasons. She currently writes and executive produces ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4254242/ The Magicians]'', which is in it's fourth season, and her show ''You'' has moved to Netflix from Lifetime after a successful first season.  
* [[Ben Edlund]] - left after [[:Category:Season 8|season eight]] to go write for ''[[Revolution]]'' with [[Eric Kripke]]. He has since written for ''Gotham'' and ''Powers.'' He is now developing a new series of his comic "The Tick"
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* [[Ben Edlund]] left after [[:Category:Season 8|season eight]] to write for ''Revolution'' with [[Eric Kripke]]. After the show's cancellation, Edlund has since written for ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3749900/ Gotham]'' and ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1851040/ Powers.]'' In 2016 Edlund created a new series based off his comic ''The Tick'' for Amazon which lasted two seasons.
* [[Adam Glass]] - writer adn Executive Producer left after Season 10 to wrork as EP and writer on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4364202/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 '''Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'''.]
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* [[Adam Glass]] left after season ten and worked as an executive producer and writer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4364202/ Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.]'' Glass currently works as a co-executive producer on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6294706/ The Chi.]'' Adam has continued writing comics including ''Rough Riders'', ''Brik'' and ''Teen Titans''.
 
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* [[Jeremy Carver]] left at the end of [[:Category:Season 5|Season 5]] to become writer and executive producer on the North American version of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1595680/ Being Human]'' alongside his wife Anna Fricke, but returned as showrunner for ''Supernatural'' in [[:Category:Season 8|season eight]]. At the end of [[:Category:Season 11|season eleven]], Carver once again departed the show to write and executive produce ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5531470/ Frequency]'' for the CW, but retains an executive producer credit on ''Supernatural''. On May 14, 2018 it was announced Carver would write and executive produce a series based on the DC Comics series ''Doom Patrol'' for DC's new digital platform.
[[Jeremy Carver]] left at the end of [[:Category:Season 5|season five]] to become writer and executive producer on the U.S. version of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1595680/ Being Human]'', but returned as showrunner on Supernatural in [[:Category:Season 8|season eight]].
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* [[Eric Charmelo]] & [[Nicole Snyder]] left after [[:Category:Season 6|season six]] to be creators and writers of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1819654/ Ringer]'' for the CW, but returned as writers for [[:Category:Season 9|season nine]]. At the end of season eleven, the duo once again left the series after ABC picked up their new series ''Deja Vu.'' In 2016 the duo signed an overall deal with NBC Universal and served as consulting / executive producers and writers for NBC's ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5464086/ Midnight, Texas]'' for two seasons. 2019 saw the release of Charmelo & Snyder's first feature film, ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772580/ The Perfection.]''
 
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* [[Robbie Thompson]] left ''Supernatural'' after five seasons at the end of season eleven. He is currently writing a number of titles for Marvel Comics, including ''[[Silk]]'', ''[[Spidey]]'' and ''[[Venom: Space Knight]]''.
[[Eric Charmelo]] and [[Nicole Snyder]] left after [[:Category:Season 6|season six]] to be creators and writers of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1819654/ Ringer]'' for the CW, but have returned as writers for [[:Category:Season 9|season nine]].
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* [[Jenny Klein]] moved on to write and co-produce for ''Marvel's Jessica Jones'' after season eleven. She also worked as a consulting producer for Ben Edlund's ''The Tick'' and has also gone on to write and produce for ''Marvel's Cloak & Dagger'', Facebook's ''Sacred Lies'' with Raelle Tucker, and currently the new series ''The Witcher'' for Netflix. 
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* [[Nancy Won]] moved on to write for Jeremy Carver's new series ''Frequency'' after working on Season 11 of ''Supernatural''. She later joined ''Marvel's Jessica Jones'' for its final season on Netflix.
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* [[Steve Yockey]] left during season fifteen to write and executive produce the one-hour drama ''The Flight Attendant'' for the upcoming WarnerMedia streaming service. On April 14, 2022, it was announced that Yockey would serve as showrunner for ''Dead Boy Detectives'', which serves as a spin-off from ''Doom Patrol''.
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* [[Robert Berens]] became executive producer and co-showrunner on the CW's reboot of Kung Fu in 2020.
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* [[Davy Perez]]  was announced as a writer and co-executive producer for the ''Star Trek: Discovery'' spin-off ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''.
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* [[Andrew Dabb]] was announced as showrunner for Netflix's adaptation of ''Resident Evil'' on August 27, 2020. In September 2021, Dabb was also announced as having been tapped to showrunner an adaption of the comic book ''Grendel'' for Netflix as well.
  
 
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* [[Andrew Dabb]]
 
* [[Andrew Dabb]]
 
* [[Daniel Loflin]]
 
* [[Daniel Loflin]]
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* [[Eugenie Ross-Leming]]
 
* [[Brad Buckner]]  
 
* [[Brad Buckner]]  
* [[Eugenie Ross-Leming]]
 
 
* [[Robbie Thompson]]
 
* [[Robbie Thompson]]
 
* [[Ben Edlund]]
 
* [[Ben Edlund]]
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* [[John Bring]]
 
* [[John Bring]]
  
==Season 12 Writers==
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==Seasons 12 and 13 Writers==
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* [[Andrew Dabb]]
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* [[Brad Buckner]]
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* [[Eugenie Ross-Leming]]
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* [[Robert Berens]]
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* [[Davy Perez]]
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* [[Meredith Glynn]]
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* [[Steve Yockey]]
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* [[John Bring]] (Season 12)
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* [[Robert Singer]] (Season 13)
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==Season 14 Writers==
 
* [[Andrew Dabb]]
 
* [[Andrew Dabb]]
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* [[Brad Buckner]]
 
* [[Eugenie Ross-Leming]]
 
* [[Eugenie Ross-Leming]]
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* [[Robert Berens]]
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* [[Davy Perez]]
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* [[Meredith Glynn]]
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* [[Steve Yockey]]
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* [[Meghan Fitzmartin]] 
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* [[Nick Vaught]]
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==Season 15 Writers==
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* [[Andrew Dabb]]
 
* [[Brad Buckner]]  
 
* [[Brad Buckner]]  
* [[Nancy Won]]
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* [[Eugenie Ross-Leming]]
 
* [[Robert Berens]]
 
* [[Robert Berens]]
* [[Eric Charmelo]]
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* [[Davy Perez]]
* [[Nicole Snyder]]
 
 
* [[Steve Yockey]]
 
* [[Steve Yockey]]
 
* [[Meredith Glynn]]
 
* [[Meredith Glynn]]
* [[Davy Perez]]
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* [[Jeremy Adams]]
  
 
==Writers on Twitter==
 
==Writers on Twitter==
* Writer and Co-Executive Producer [[Eric Charmelo]]: [https://twitter.com/charmzies @charmzies]
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* [[Andrew Dabb]] on [https://twitter.com/andrewdabb @andrewdabb]  
* Writer  and Co-Executive Producer [[Nicole Snyder]]: [https://twitter.com/nicoleasnyder @NicoleASnyder]
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* [[Robert Berens]]: [https://twitter.com/robertberens @robertberens]
* Writer and Executive Producer [[Andrew Dabb]] on [https://twitter.com/andrewdabb @andrewdabb]  
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* [[John Bring]][https://twitter.com/the_john_bring/ @the_john_bring]
* Writer [[Robert Berens]]: [https://twitter.com/robertberens @robertberens]
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* [[Davy Perez]]: [https://twitter.com/davyperez @davyperez]
* Writers' Assisstant [[John Bring]]: [https://twitter.com/the_john_bring/ @the_john_bring]
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* [[Meredith Glynn]]: [https://twitter.com/mercuda @mercuda]
* Writer [[Steve Yockey]]: [https://twitter.com/sleepypanda76 @sleepypanda76]
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* [[Jeremy Adams]]: [https://twitter.com/spacekicker @spacekicker]
* Writer [[Davy Perez]]: [https://twitter.com/davyperez @davyperez]
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[[Category:Cast & Crew]]
 
[[Category:Cast & Crew]]

Latest revision as of 22:12, 16 May 2022

The wonderful thing about Supernatural is that it attracts the kind of writer that has this vast love for genre and horror. People that come in to interview for this job who have this encyclopedia knowledge. We just sit and chew the shit for an hour about this sort of thing. It’s sort of like having coffee with geeky friends.

Sera Gamble, Comic Con 2011, Source

709scriptsfromguybee.jpg

This section has entries for all the people who have had a writing credit on Supernatural. The Writer and Director Episode Guide lists each episode by director and writer.

The Supernatural writing team and post-production is based in LA while the show (except for 1.01 Pilot) is filmed in Vancouver.

Following a large roster of writers in season one (of which most were "freelancers"), Supernatural has had a core group of around eight writers each season. Writing on a TV show is not a solo effort -- story arcs and individual episodes will be developed and broken in collaboration with the writers' room. Eric Kripke, Bob Singer and Sera Gamble in particular have had a much greater input and influence on the scripts than their individual writing credits indicate. In addition story editors and writers assistants have input at different parts of the scripts development. Some writers assistants have gained writing credits on the show including Emily McLaughlin, Jenny Klein, Jackson Stewart and John Bring. Stunt coordinator Lou Bollo has also received a "story by" credit for two episodes.

Jared and Jensen visit the writers in LA in Season 12

It is normal practice for TV writers and directors to be given a producer or executive producer credit as they become more senior in the production team, although not all of these will actually take on roles more broadly involved in the show's production. Robert Singer, who has been co-showrunner (executive producer) since the beginning only has three episode writing credits, although he has input on all scripts. He stepped back from the executive producer role to consulting producer in season eleven, while still remaining one of the show's regular directors. With season twelve, Singer once again returned to the role as co-showrunner alongside Andrew Dabb.

Some regular writers who have moved on from Supernatural include:

  • John Shiban was a writer and executive producer on Legend of the Seeker, Breaking Bad, Hell on Wheels and Da Vinci's Demons.
  • Raelle Tucker was a writer and producer on True Blood and writer and executive producer on The Returned and last served as a writer and executive producer on Marvel's Jessica Jones.. She also produced and wrote Sacred Lies.
  • Cathryn Humphris, was a writer and executive story editor on Mad Men, supervising producer on Elementary, executive producer on Under the Dome and currently serves as a writer and co-executive producer on NCIS: New Orleans.
  • Eric Kripke remained with Supernatural in a reduced capacity during season six, retaining an executive producer credit and writing the finale. He worked in a pre-production capacity in season seven and would officially step back from Supernatural during this time, when his new series Revolution went into production and began airing on NBC from 2012-2014. He is currently developing a series for USA Network, based on his own Vertigo comic series, Amped. Kripke was also writer and executive producer for Timeless on NBC with Shawn Ryan. In November 2017 The Boys, based on a comic by Garth Ennis and Darrick Robinson, was given the greenlight by Amazon Studios.
  • Sera Gamble, left as showrunner and writer after season seven. She became a writer and executive producer on Aquarius for two seasons. She currently writes and executive produces The Magicians, which is in it's fourth season, and her show You has moved to Netflix from Lifetime after a successful first season.
  • Ben Edlund left after season eight to write for Revolution with Eric Kripke. After the show's cancellation, Edlund has since written for Gotham and Powers. In 2016 Edlund created a new series based off his comic The Tick for Amazon which lasted two seasons.
  • Adam Glass left after season ten and worked as an executive producer and writer on Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. Glass currently works as a co-executive producer on The Chi. Adam has continued writing comics including Rough Riders, Brik and Teen Titans.
  • Jeremy Carver left at the end of Season 5 to become writer and executive producer on the North American version of Being Human alongside his wife Anna Fricke, but returned as showrunner for Supernatural in season eight. At the end of season eleven, Carver once again departed the show to write and executive produce Frequency for the CW, but retains an executive producer credit on Supernatural. On May 14, 2018 it was announced Carver would write and executive produce a series based on the DC Comics series Doom Patrol for DC's new digital platform.
  • Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder left after season six to be creators and writers of Ringer for the CW, but returned as writers for season nine. At the end of season eleven, the duo once again left the series after ABC picked up their new series Deja Vu. In 2016 the duo signed an overall deal with NBC Universal and served as consulting / executive producers and writers for NBC's Midnight, Texas for two seasons. 2019 saw the release of Charmelo & Snyder's first feature film, The Perfection.
  • Robbie Thompson left Supernatural after five seasons at the end of season eleven. He is currently writing a number of titles for Marvel Comics, including Silk, Spidey and Venom: Space Knight.
  • Jenny Klein moved on to write and co-produce for Marvel's Jessica Jones after season eleven. She also worked as a consulting producer for Ben Edlund's The Tick and has also gone on to write and produce for Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Facebook's Sacred Lies with Raelle Tucker, and currently the new series The Witcher for Netflix.
  • Nancy Won moved on to write for Jeremy Carver's new series Frequency after working on Season 11 of Supernatural. She later joined Marvel's Jessica Jones for its final season on Netflix.
  • Steve Yockey left during season fifteen to write and executive produce the one-hour drama The Flight Attendant for the upcoming WarnerMedia streaming service. On April 14, 2022, it was announced that Yockey would serve as showrunner for Dead Boy Detectives, which serves as a spin-off from Doom Patrol.
  • Robert Berens became executive producer and co-showrunner on the CW's reboot of Kung Fu in 2020.
  • Davy Perez was announced as a writer and co-executive producer for the Star Trek: Discovery spin-off Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
  • Andrew Dabb was announced as showrunner for Netflix's adaptation of Resident Evil on August 27, 2020. In September 2021, Dabb was also announced as having been tapped to showrunner an adaption of the comic book Grendel for Netflix as well.

Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god... I'm definitely a god. A cruel, cruel, capricious god.

Chuck Shurley aka Carver Edlund, 4.18 The Monster At The End Of This Book

Supernatural's meta commentary on writers took the form of Chuck Shurley who we meet in 4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book. His name Carver Edlund was a portmanteau of Jeremy Carver and Ben Edlund. (In the same episode writers Sera Gamble and Julie Siege appear in the form of the Publisher who was called Sera Seige in the script Source). Chuck is an author who wrote the Supernatural book series, and continued to write even though the books were no longer being published. Unbeknownst to him, the inspiration of the books was divine - as he is a prophet of God. At the end of season five, it is suggested that Chuck may in fact be God.

The metaphor is of the writer as creator. The character is an avatar for Kripke himself (Source) and is used to comment on the text and process of writing with reference to specific past episodes of the show. This metaphor would also hold then that God, the creator, was also the writer. We have a trinity here - Chuck, Kripke and God.

In 6.15 The French Mistake, Sera Gamble was portrayed as the new showrunner no-one would listen to, Bob Singer was the world weary producer/director and Eric Kripke was hoping to hit the big time with his new script Octacobra.

The following list contains people with story as well as episode credits for writing.

Season 1 Writers

Season 2 Writers

Season 3 Writers

Season 4 Writers

Season 5 Writers

Season 6 Writers

Season 7 Writers

Season 8 Writers

Season 9 and 10 Writers

Season 11 Writers

Seasons 12 and 13 Writers

Season 14 Writers

Season 15 Writers

Writers on Twitter

Media in category "Writer"

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