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Lila BYOCK

screenwriter

USA

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Lila Byock earned an MFA from the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop and spent five years on the editorial staff of The New Yorker magazine before transitioning to a career in television. Her work on such shows as WATCHMEN, THE LEFTOVERS, CASTLE ROCK, and MANHATTAN has received numerous honors, including two Writers Guild of America awards and an Emmy. Lila has multiple television and feature projects in development, and is an executive producer of the forthcoming limited series THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY. Along with her family, she divides her time between Los Angeles and her home state of Montana.