Based in North Hollywood, CA, I’m an award-winning novelist and a produced screenwriter with comedy credits in Germany.

I studied classics and sociology at Stanford (B.A.), where I starred in main stage theater productions and student films.  I returned to school to study linguistics at San Jose State University (M.A.).

I’ve written comedic novels under the pen name Gwen Ellery and fantastical suspense as Imogen Bold. As for screenplays, I write them as me, myself and I: Deanna Carlyle.  Since moving to LA, I’ve become active in a development lab for pro screenwriters and actors called Deadline Junkies, a weekly series of staged readings and instant feedback on how screenplays play in real time.

In my free time, I hike, read, and study animation and video editing techniques. I’m proficient in AVID and familiar with Premiere Pro.

AWARDS DEANNA HAS WON 

Presidential Scholar in the Arts

National Recognition and Talent Search Award

Bank of America Fine Arts Award

Apprenticeships in Fiction, sponsored by the Arts Council England

Purchase Prize Award, International Artists Book Show, Art Institute of Chicago

First Place, James D. Phelan Literary Award

First Place, Romancing the Novel Award