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

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and CBS Daytime. Before beginning her writing career on daytime dramas, she was Director of the East Coast Daytime Programs for

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Awards and nominations

As co-head writer for Guiding Light, Swajeski and her team won the 2007

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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. She is a director, producer and actress.

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WINS *(2007; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'') NOMINATIONS *(1989; Best Writing; ''Another World'') *(1999, 2005 & 2008; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'') *(2012; Best Writing; ''All My Children'') Writers Guild of America Award WINS *(2005 season; ''Guiding Light'') NOMINATIONS *(1999 & 2007 seasons; ''Guiding Light'') *(2012 season; ''All My Children'')

Positions held

'' All My Children'' * Program Executive: 1980s *Co-Head Writer (with

David Kreizman David Kreizman (born 1974) is an American writer known for his work on television soap operas. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. He was signed as a head writer at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from March 21, 2013 to August 15, ...

): March 15, 2010 – April 1, 2011 '' Another World'' * Head writer: November 1988 - November 1992 ''

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...

'' (hired by

Bradley Bell Bradley Phillip Bell (born June 29, 1964) is an American television writer and producer. Bell is an eight-time Daytime Emmy Award winner and is executive producer and head writer for '' The Bold and the Beautiful'', an American soap opera. ...

) *Script writer: September 24, 2009 - March 2010 '' Guiding Light'' *Associate head writer: 1999 - 2001, March 2004 - 2009 *Co-head writer: September 2003 - March 2004, 2005 - February 29, 2008, April 14, 2008 - August 21, 2008 ''

Port Charles ''Port Charles'' (commonly abbreviated as ''PC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from June 1, 1997, to October 3, 2003. It was a spin-off of the series ''General Hospital'', which has been running since 1963 and takes pl ...

'' * Screenwriter: 2001 - 2003

HW History

Personal life

Swajeski lives in Arden, Delaware with her husband, radio talk show host

Mike Opelka Mike Opelka (born July 9, 1957) is an American radio broadcaster and television producer, in Houston, New York, Delaware, and nationally. Early Opelka was born in the "old Southside" of Chicago, back when it was a "dicey area". As a big sp ...

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* American women television writers American soap opera writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Women soap opera writers Daytime Emmy Award winners Writers Guild of America Award winners 21st-century American women {{US-tv-writer-stub