Carol Mendelsohn (born 1951) is an American TV writer, notable for her work on the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to accurately depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...

Mendelsohn grew up in Chicago. She went to Smith College, but later transferred and in 1973 graduated from Cornell University. She then went to the George Washington University Law School and practiced at the Washington, D.C., office of the prominent Los Angeles-based firm Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman, & Kuchel. Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... Smith College is a private, independent womens liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Cornell redirects here. ... The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...

Realizing that she did not want to be a lawyer, she enrolled in an American Film Institute class. She moved to Los Angeles and started writing for the movie industry. Her early work included contributions to Hardcastle and McCormick, Stingray and Wiseguy. As producer for Cannell Studios, she worked on The Trials of Rosie O'Neill and Melrose Place. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Hardcastle and McCormick is a 1980s action/drama series from Stephen J. Cannell productions, shown on ABC from 1983-1986, starring Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark Skid McCormick. ... Stingray is the name of a short-lived NBC television series produced by Stephen J. Cannell that ran from 1986 to 1987. ... First season cast of Wiseguy Wiseguy (1987-1990) was a U.S. television program about Vincent Vinnie Terranova, an undercover agent of the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau), a fictional division of the FBI. Produced by Stephen J. Cannell, the show differed from previous crime dramas in its use of story... Stephen Joseph Cannell, known professionally as Stephen J. Cannell (born February 5, 1941), (IPA pronunciation: ), rhymes with channel, is an Emmy award winning American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor from the United States. ... The Trials of Rosie ONeill was an American television drama series, which aired on CBS from 1990 to 1992. ... Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999, created by Darren Star for the FOX network. ...

In 2000 she joined the production of the pilot episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and has been the drama's show runner and executive producer since. She is also a co-creator and executive producer of CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. As part of the CSI team, she was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award, the Producers Guild of America Award (twice), the Emmy Award (three times) and the Edgar Award. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... CSI: Miami is a spinoff of the popular CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... CSI: NY (working title CSI: New York) is an American police procedural television series which premiered on September 22, 2004. ... Annual awards given out by the Writers Guild of America for outstanding achievements in film, TV, or radio writing. ... Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a trade organization representing the television and film producers in the United States. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ...

References

• "Cornell alumni make 'CSI' television's most-watched show", article on the Cornell University website
• Carol Mendelsohn - Awards on IMDb
• In the Company of Women, article on the Writers Guild of America website

External links

• Carol Mendelsohn at the Internet Movie Database