Cara-Lynn Branch was destined to become a writer having received her first “notes” when her parents submitted her birth certificate with the name Caralyn only for it to come back Cara-Lynn (though maybe that was “clearances”). A Canadian/US LGBTQ+ writer and 2021 Telefilm New Voices Award recipient, she’s always loved television. Her parents discovered she’d learned to read when she picked up the TV Guide and found Married with Children. At seven, Cara-Lynn created “unspooky” ghost stories at sleepaway camp that became a popular request by campers in the decade that followed. It only made sense that she would eventually combine her two passions, television and storytelling. When Cara-Lynn’s not writing (or working as a production assistant), she can be found making maple syrup or doing archery in her backyard.