Dena Higley

Dena Higley (born September 26, 1958) is an American writer, speaker and author who grew up in East County, San Diego, the first of three children. She moved to Los Angeles as a teenager eventually graduating from the University of Southern California with a BFA in Theatre. Dena has been married for 25 years and is a mother of four children, including an autistic son, a daughter, an adopted daughter from Vietnam and an adopted son from Ethiopia. Her current non-fiction book Momaholic: Crazy Confessions of a Helicopter Parent was released April 14, 2012. Dena was previously the head writer of the daytime soap operas Days of Our Lives and One Life to Live. In February 2015, Soap Opera Digest confirmed Higley's imminent return to Days of Our Lives, this time alongside Josh Griffith. The pair begin writing for the series on February 16, 2015, with their material airing on August 19, 2015.[1][2]

Positions held

Days of Our Lives

One Life to Live

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

Writers Guild of America Award

HW History

Preceded by
Paula Cwikly
Peter Brash
Head Writer of Days of Our Lives
March 7–August 8, 2003
Succeeded by
James E. Reilly
Preceded by
Michael Malone
Head Writer of One Life to Live
(with Ron Carlivati: May 8–September 10, 2007)

December 13, 2004 – September 10, 2007
Succeeded by
Ron Carlivati
Preceded by
WGA Strike
Head Writer of Days of Our Lives
(with Victor Gialanella: April 23–June 30, 2008)
(with Rick Draughon: July 1–October 10, 2008)
(with Christopher Whitesell: October 13, 2008 – June 13, 2011)

April 23, 2008 – August 25, 2011
Succeeded by
Marlene Clark Poulter
Darrell Ray Thomas Jr.
Preceded by
Gary Tomlin
Christopher Whitesell
Head Writer of Days of Our Lives
(with Josh Griffith: August 19, 2015 – September 2, 2016)
(with Beth Milstein: February 22, 2016 – September 2, 2016)
(with Ryan Quan: September 6, 2016 – present)

August 19, 2015 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. SOD (February 9, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE! MAJOR WRITER SWITCH AT DAYS!". Soap Opera Digest. United States: soapoperadigest.com. American Media. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  2. White-Nobles, Omar (February 9, 2015). "'DAYS OF OUR LIVES' FIRES HEAD WRITERS; DENA HIGLEY AND JOSH GRIFFITH TO TAKE OVER". TVSource Magazine. United States: SoSource Media LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2015.


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