Janna has spent a good long time writing for film and TV - live action and animation - working with production companies and studios such as Lifetime, Hallmark, CBS, WB, Disney and more. She’s developed original and book-based properties with talent-producers like Josh Duhamel, Dwaight Yoakam, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. As a director, her credits include award-winning short films (one with Izzy Kay), music videos, commercials and plays, which she also writes. Her novels The Seasonaires and its sequel Malibu Bluff (Pegasus Books) were optioned by Blumhouse for TV development. She has taught and volunteered at various universities, schools and literary organizations. She’s an experienced and enthusiastic creative cheerleader.

Izzy initially refused the genetic call to be a writer, but capitulated in junior high when she wrote her first screenplays, including a rock opera. She’s co-written two TV series pilots with Janna, one based on the A.M. Jenkins YA novel Repossessed which was optioned by producer Angela Mancuso. Her prose has been published in literary journals such as LunchTicket and Narrative, and her short story “Willow” became an award-winning animated short film. She has been a professional reader for production companies including Muse Entertainment and for several screenwriting resources and programs, doing coverage on gazillions of scripts. She knows her stuff and will tell you what’s what.