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Donna Swajeski is an American television soap opera screenwriter with experience at all three major American networks. She has been a head writer, co-head writer and screenwriter on award winning daytime drama for NBC Daytime, ABC Daytime and CBS Daytime. Before beginning her writing career on daytime dramas, she was Director of the East Coast daytime programs for NBC.

Awards/Nominations

As co-head writer for Guiding Light, Swajeski won the 2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing and the show was also recognized as the 2007 Daytime Emmy winner for Best Drama. She is also a winner of a Writers Guild of America Award for best daytime writing (also for Guiding Light). She is currently working with children, at the Delaware Children's Theater. She is a director, producer and actress.

Positions held

All My Children

  • Program Executive: 1980s
  • Co-Head Writer (with David Kreizman): March 15, 2010 – April 1, 2011

Another World

The Bold and the Beautiful (hired by Bradley Bell)

  • Script writer: September 24, 2009 - March 2010

Guiding Light

  • Associate head writer: 1999 - 2001, March 2004 - 2009
  • Co-head writer: September 2003 - March 2004, 2005 - February 29, 2008, April 14, 2008 - August 21, 2008

Port Charles

HW History

Preceded bySheri Anderson De facto head writer of Another World during Writers Guild of America strike
April 1988 - September 1988
Succeeded byHarding Lemay
Preceded byHarding Lemay Head writer of Another World
November 1988 - November 1992
Succeeded byPeggy Sloane
Preceded byDavid Kreizman Co-Head writer of Guiding Light
with David Kreizman

September 2003 - August 21, 2008
Succeeded by(Series off-the-air)
Preceded byLorraine Broderick (interim) Co-Head writer of All My Children
with David Kreizman

May 12, 2010 – June 24, 2011
Succeeded byLorraine Broderick

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