Janice Ferri Esser (sometimes credited only as ''Janice Ferri'') is an American writer known for her work on the

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The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City ...

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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 ...

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Positions held

'' *Script Writer: 1989 - May 4, 2007; August 27, 2008 – present *Script Editor: 2004 - 2007; 2008-2017 (as backup) ''

'' *Story Consultant: April, 2007 - June, 2008 *Script Writer: June 5, 2007 - October 21, 2008

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (N ...

*Nominations (1991–1995, 1997–2001, 2003–2006, 2009-2022 – Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, The Young and the Restless; and 2007–2008 – Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, The Bold & the Beautiful) *Wins (1992, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019 & 2021 – Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, The Young and the Restless)

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

*Nominations (1999, 2001–2002, 2005–2006, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2021-2022 seasons; The Young and the Restless) *Wins (2002, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2020; The Young and the Restless)

References

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