Karen Maser is an American television writer and producer. She has worked extensively on the NBC medical drama ER and the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.

Biography

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Maser began her television career as a freelance writer. She wrote an episode of Cosby entitled "The Perfect Valentine" in 2000. She wrote an episode for the eleventh season of ER in 2005 entitled "You Are Here".[1] She also contributed an episode to the twelfth season entitled "Out on a Limb".[2]

She was hired as a staff writer for the thirteenth season of ER. As a permanent crew member she wrote two further episodes - "Tell Me No Secrets"[3] and "Photographs and Memories".[4] She returned as a story editor for the fourteenth season. She wrote three episodes personally - "In A Different Light",[5] "Skye's The Limit",[6] and "Truth Will Out".[7] She was promoted to executive story editor part way through the fourteenth season. She joined the production team as a co-producer for the fifteenth and final season. She wrote the episode "Haunted".[8]

In 2015, Maser was hired as a writer and co-executive producer at the start of the eleventh Season of Criminal Minds. She wrote two episodes for the eleventh season ("'Til Death Do Us Part" and "Drive") and she wrote three episodes for the twelfth Season ("Taboo", "Scarecrow" and "Alpha Male").

Filmography

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Producer

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Year Show Role Notes
2015–2018 Criminal Minds Co-executive producer Season 13
Season 12
Season 11
2008 ER Co-producer Season 15
Executive story editor Season 14
2007 Story editor
Staff Writer Season 13
2006

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Year Show Episode Notes
2018 Criminal Minds "All You Can Eat" Season 13, episode 20
"Bad Moon on the Rise" Season 13, episode 12
2017 "The Bunker" Season 13, episode 5
"Alpha Male" Season 12, episode 15
2016 "Scarecrow" Season 12, episode 8
"Taboo" Season 12, episode 3
"Drive" Season 11, episode 12
2015 "'Til Death Do Us Part" Season 11, episode 3
2008 ER "Haunted"[8] Season 15, episode 5
"Truth Will Out"[7] Season 14, episode 16
2007 "Skye's The Limit"[6] Season 14, episode 9
"In A Different Light"[5] Season 14, episode 2
"Photographs and Memories"[4] Season 13, episode 18
2006 "Tell Me No Secrets"[3] Season 13, episode 10
2005 "Out on a Limb"[2] Season 12, episode 16
2004 "You Are Here"[1] Season 11, episode 20
2000 Cosby "The Perfect Valentine" Season 4, episode 16

Awards/Nominations

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Maser won a 2008 Prism Award.

References

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  1. ^ a b Ernest R Dickerson (director); Karen Maser, Dee Johnson (writers) (2005-05-05). "You Are Here". ER. Season 11. Episode 20. NBC.
  2. ^ a b Lesli Linka Glatter (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2006-03-16). "Out on a Limb". ER. Season 12. Episode 16. NBC.
  3. ^ a b Laura Innes (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2006-11-30). "Tell Me No Secrets". ER. Season 13. Episode 10. NBC.
  4. ^ a b Stephen Cragg (director); Karen Maser (writers) (2007-04-12). "Photographs and Memories". ER. Season 13. Episode 18. NBC.
  5. ^ a b Richard Thorpe (director); Lisa Zwerling, Karen Maser (writers) (2007-10-04). "In A Different Light". ER. Season 14. Episode 2. NBC.
  6. ^ a b Paul McCrane (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2007-11-29). "Skye's The Limit". ER. Season 14. Episode 9. NBC.
  7. ^ a b Andrew Bernstein (director); Karen Maser (Story), Karen Maser & Lisa Zwerling (Teleplay) (2008-04-24). "Truth Will Out". ER. Season 14. Episode 16. NBC.
  8. ^ a b Christopher Chulack (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2008-10-30). "Haunted". ER. Season 15. Episode 5. NBC.
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