Kriss Turner is an American screenwriter and producer. Turner has written and produced episodes for the television series '' Sister, Sister'', ''

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'', '' Cosby'', ''

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'', '' Whoopi'' and ''

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''. Turner also the wrote the 2006 feature film '' Something New''. She was featured on

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's two-night series ''

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'', where she discussed the idea of being a single African-American woman who is successful in a male-dominated field. There she speaks about the dualities women face because they are successful and the lack of like-minded African-American men. She was born in

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.Deardra Shuler
"Kriss Turner: Her Film Offers Women of Color Alternatives"
afrocentricnews.com, January 2006.

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