Maggie Friedman, the Story Editor at "Dawson’s Creek, grew up in a town outside of Philadelphia. Though there was a time when she was certain she would spend her life following the Grateful Dead, living in a van, and making her own clothes, one day she ran out of gas and lost her thimble and realized there was something missing…

Maggie searched all over for the missing piece, continuing her nomadic lifestyle throughout college by attending three different schools in four years (Bard, in upstate New York; Goddard, in Vermont; and The New School for Social Research in New York City). During this time, Maggie studied fiction writing and poetry and feminist film theory, and attended far too many Phish shows. After graduation, she headed for California, and grad school at the American Film Institute. Upon getting her M.F.A. in the ever-useful field of screenwriting, Maggie landed her first gig on Kevin Williamson’s short lived fall 1999 drama, "Wasteland." When the show was sadly and rather quickly cancelled, it was on to "Dawson’s Creek." This is certainly not the last stop for Maggie Friedman. She and her boyfriend (who has a very attractive Adam’s apple and shares Maggie’s affinity for "The Simpsons") will certainly travel to the far corners of the world (as they did during last season’s hiatus, on their whirlwind tour of Morocco, Spain, France, England, and Greece). However, until the day when she embarks on the next Great Novel, Maggie is content working on her screenplays and putting words in the mouths of America’s mouthiest teens.

Maggie has spectacularly long, curly hair. This is amusing because Maggie is allergic to cats and recently acquired a special breed of kitten that only has one layer of hair (and looks vaguely like an alien) as opposed to three, thus eliminating an allergic reaction. Who knew that there were so many layers? Maggie Friedman knew.

Maggie’s "Dawson’s Creek" episodes include #318 "Neverland," #322 "The Anti-Prom," and #405 "A Family Way."