# Karen Harris (writer)

Karen Harris is an American television writer for the ABC Daytime serial General Hospital.

## Career

During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, she chose not to accept Financial Core status.
She wrote television pilots for Spelling Television and Universal Pictures (1979-1987), and worked at Sony Pictures Television, Lorimar Television (1988–1989) and Columbia Pictures (1989–1990; A Peaceable Kingdom). While at Universal, Harris was a Writer-Producer-Supervising Producer-Executive Producer on The Incredible Hulk.
* Simon & Simon
* Shannon
* Knight Rider
* Street Hawk
* The Human Factor
* Alfred Hitchcock Presents
* Scene of the Crime
* Island Sons
* Baby Brokers
* Creator/EP/co-writer pilot: Deadline: Madrid
* Satisfaction Guaranteed–Pilot
* American Beauty–Pilot
Reaction to Wolf's promotion: Karen Harris on her Facebook page: Oh, please. (lol) I have a new lease on life, Jami. But I walked the picket lines with a whole bunch of terrific writers. Garin Wolf quit the WGA so he could scab. This is his reward. I'm sad, because there are others there who are better writers and deserve it more.

## WGA West

In September 2008, scribes elected eight new board members to the WGA West. Topping the list of winners were Army Wives writer Katherine Fugate, who received 647 votes. Also elected were John Bowman (629 votes), Howard Michael Gould (619 votes), David A. Goodman (552 votes), Karen Harris (544 votes), Mark Gunn (525 votes), Aaron Mendelsohn (498 votes) and Kathy Kiernan (463 votes). Bowman, Goodman, Gunn, Mendelsohn and Kiernan are incumbents. A total of 1,235 ballots were cast. Indie firm Pacific Election Services counted the votes.

## Life in General

Life In General is a web series which debuted on October 28, 2008 on Strike.TV, an internet network created by Hollywood writers during the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. Life In General is a scripted show set behind-the-scenes at the second longest running soap opera on TV. The companion piece is Greenville General, the soap opera on which they all work.
In the first episode entitled "Out of Control", Courtney is missing, Rod is screwing Maddie, Rachel just found out that her husband cheated on her, and Raymond may have suffered a fatal heart attack. And that's just behind the scenes.

## Positions held

All My Children (hired by Brian Frons & Megan McTavish)
* Script writer: February 4, 2004 – February 24, 2005
General Hospital
* Script writer: August 3, 1993 – 1996 (hired by Wendy Riche); April 8, 2005 – January 3, 2008; March 17, 2008 – February 8, 2011
* Co-head writer: (with Richard Culliton, and later Robert Guza Jr.) March 4 – December 12, 1996
Adventure Inc.
* Supervising producer 2002–2003
* Writer: two episodes
Port Charles
* Head writer: February–November 2000; June 2000 – November 9, 2000 (with Barbara Bloom)
* Script writer: 2002–2003
* Associate head writer: November 10, 2000 – January 26, 2001
* Co-head writer: 2000 (with Jonathan Estrin) PhillyMag
Life In General/Greenville General (web series/pilot (Strike.TV)
* Creator/head writer/Producer: October 28, 2008
Highlander
* Writer: 1994–1996
Studio 5-B
* Co-executive producer/writer: 1989
Street Hawk
* Writer: 1985
The Incredible Hulk
* Writer/story editor/producer: 1979–1983
Other TV series: Jack London's Tales of the South Seas; Largo Winch

## Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards
* Nominations: (1995–1997, 2008; Best Writing; General Hospital)
* Wins: (1995; Best Writing; General Hospital)
Writers Guild of America Award
* WGA wins: (1995, 1996, 1998; Best Daytime Serial; General Hospital) (shared with writer team)
* WGA nominations: (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998; Best Daytime Serial; General Hospital)
| Preceded byClaire Labine Matthew Labine | Co-head writer of General Hospital (with Robert Guza Jr.: March 4 – August 1996) (with Richard Culliton: August – December 12, 1996) March 4, 1996–December 12, 1996 | Succeeded byRichard Culliton |
| Preceded byScott Hamner (no HW listed before she joined) | head writer of Port Charles (with Jonathon Estrin: March 2 – April 5, 2000) (with Barbara Bloom: May 22 – November 9, 2000) March 2 – November 9, 2000 | Succeeded byJames Harmon Brown Barbara Esensten |