Donna Swajeski is an American writer known for her work on television soap operas. She has been a head writer, a co-head writer and a breakdown writer on award-winning daytime dramas for NBC Daytime, ABC Daytime and CBS Daytime. Before beginning her writing career on daytime dramas, she was Director of the East Coast Daytime Programs for NBC.
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As co-head writer for Guiding Light, Swajeski and her team won the 2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing. The show was also recognized as the 2007 Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series. She is also a winner of a Writers Guild of America Award for best Daytime writing, also for Guiding Light. She is currently working with children at the Delaware Children's Theater.[1] She is a director, producer and actress.
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The Bold and the Beautiful (hired by Bradley Bell)
Preceded by | De facto head writer of Another World during Writers Guild of America strike April 1988 - September 1988 |
Succeeded by Harding Lemay |
Preceded by Harding Lemay |
Head writer of Another World November 1988 - November 1992 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by David Kreizman |
Co-Head writer of Guiding Light with David Kreizman September 2003 - August 21, 2008 |
Succeeded by (Series off-the-air) |
Preceded by Lorraine Broderick (interim) |
Co-Head writer of All My Children with David Kreizman May 12, 2010 – June 24, 2011 |
Succeeded by Lorraine Broderick |
Swajeski lives in Arden, Delaware with her husband, radio talk show host Mike Opelka.
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