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Gwendolyn M. Parker

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

January 15, 1950(76)

Place of Birth

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Gwendolyn Parker

Gwendolyn M. Parker

Writing

Biography

Gwendolyn M. Parker has had various careers including lawyer, business executive, novelist, screenwriter and producer. As a black, gay woman, Parker often needed to pave her own way. She was the first black female admitted to Kent College and the only black female at a prominent NY law firm. Parker discovered the traditional corporate world was not the right fit for her. “I realized I wasn’t going to be happy unless I had ‘all of me’ through the door. I needed to have my intellect, interests, passions and personality present to be fully integrated.” Parker’s present work as a writer has been her lifelong passion. As a screenwriter and producer she is known for Without a Trace, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Windfall.