Garin Wolf

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Garin Wolf is an American television writer and playwright. Beginning January 4, 2008, he is credited as the strikebreaking head writer of ABC Daytime's General Hospital because he took Financial Core Status with the WGA. During his first full week as Head Writer, General Hospital averaged 3.039 million viewers.

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1 Positions Held: Television
2 Plays
3 Awards & Nominations
- 3.1 Colleagues
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Positions Held: Television

As The World Turns

Associate Head Writer (1985-1988; 1993-1995; 1995-1996)
Co-Head Writer (Early 1995 with Juliet Law Packer & Richard Culliton)

Batman: The Animated Series

Writer (1992)

General Hospital

Script Writer (April 8, 2008 - present)
Associate Head Writer/Breakdown Writer (1997 - January 3, 2008; March 17, 2008 - present)
Head Writer (January 4, 2008 - March 14, 2008)
Script Editor (December 2?, 2007 - March 14, 2008)

General Hospital: Night Shift

Script Writer (2007 - Present)

Tiny Toon Adventures

Writer (with Charlie Adler)

[edit] Plays

There Used To Be Fireflies

GH Main Crew

Head Writer	Associate/Breakdown/Script	Producers/Consultants	Directors
Robert Guza Jr.	Garin Wolf, Meg Bennett, Michele Val Jean, Mary Sue Price, Heidi Ploen, Tracey Thomson, Michael Conforti, Jim Reitzel, David Goldschmid, Sasha Cartullo, Karen Harris, Susan Wald (playwright), Nathan Fissel, Elizabeth Korte	Jill Farren Phelps (EP), Mary O'Leary, Mercer Barrows, Michelle Henry, Deborah Genovese, Brian Frons	Danielle Faraldo, Craig McNamus, Matthew Diamond, William Ludel, Scott McKinsey, Phideaux Xavier, Owen Renfroe, Mark Teschner

Preceded by Juliet Law Packer Richard Backus	Co-Head Writer of As The World Turns 1995	Succeeded by Richard Culliton

Preceded by Robert Guza Jr.	Head Writer of General Hospital January 4, 2008-March 14, 2008	Succeeded by Robert Guza Jr.

[edit] Awards & Nominations

Wolf has received 12 award nominations and 3 award wins in his writing career to date.

Daytime Emmy Awards

NOMINATIONS: (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008; Best Writing; General Hospital); (1986, 1989 & 1996; Best Writing; As The World Turns)

1986 ATWT Writing Team: Douglas Marland (head writer), Susan Bedsow Horgan [1] (head writer), Jeanne Glynn, Patti Dizanzo [2], M.B. Hatch, Caroline Franz, Chris Auer, Meredith Post, Jane Willis, Steve Wasserman, Emily Squires, Courtney Sherman, Charles Dizenzo, Jessica Klein

1998 GH Writing Team: Richard Culliton, Janet Iacobuzio, Christopher Whitesell, Michele Val Jean, Courtney Sherman, Mary Ryan, Lynda Myles, Patrick Mulcahey, Bill Levinson, Elizabeth Korte, Craig Heller

WINS: (1999, 2003; Best Writing; General Hospital)

Writers Guild of America Award

NOMINATION: (1998 season; General Hospital)
WIN: (1997 season; General Hospital)

[edit] Colleagues

Susan Bedsow Horgan is an American television writer and producer. She was the Head Writer of As The World Turns (1983-1985) and the Executive Producer of One Life To Live (March 1994 - October 1996).

Patti Dizanzo is an American television writer who worked on Guiding Light (1978-1984) and As The World Turns (1984-1996).

Caroline Franz is an American television writer who received 11 Daytime Emmy and 4 WGA Award nominations. She wrote for All My Children (1977-1984, 1997-2001), As The World Turns (1985-1996). She was worked with two legendary writers, Agnes Nixon and Douglas Marland. She is the cousin of Dennis Franz.

Meredith Post is an American television writer who wrote for ATWT (1983-1997) and DOOL (1997-2001). She received 6 Daytime Emmy nominations and a single WGA Award nod.

Chris Auer is an American television writer, novelist, actor and teacher who lives in Savannah, GA. He was the creator/executive producer of Big Brother Jake (1990 to 1994) and worked on The Cosby Show, Another Life and As The World Turns. Auer teaches film and television courses at the Savannah College of Art and Design.