Dena Higley (born September 26, 1958) is an American television soap opera writer who lives in Los Angeles, California. Currently she is head writer of Days of Our Lives.^[1] During the writers' strike of 2007-08, she chose financial core status with the Writers Guild of America and continued working shortly after Carolyn Hinsey outed her on January 25, 2008. [1] Her first credited episode after the strike aired on April 23, 2008. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ... is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Positions held

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• Head Writer (April 23, 2008-Present)
• Script Writer (September 2003 - November 26, 2004)
• Associate Head Writer (1985 - March 6, 2003) & (August 19, 2003 - October 2003)
• Co-Head Writer (August 11-18, 2003)
• Head Writer (March 7, 2003 - August 8, 2003)

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• Head Writer (December 13, 2004 - September 10, 2007)

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Awards and nominations

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• Nominations, 1987, 1994, 1997-1999, and 2006, Best Writing, One Life to Live

Writers Guild of America Award Annual awards given out by the Writers Guild of America for outstanding achievements in film, TV, or radio writing. ...

• Nominations, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2001, and 2005, One Life to Live
• Win, 1999, Days of Our Lives

Criticism

Six-time Daytime Emmy-winner Erika Slezak, gave voice to frustrations with Higley's work on the show. In the March 2007 edition of Slezak's fan club newsletter she stated, "Dena doesn't care about the rich history of the show, which is evident in what she writes," and that Higley "wants to write stories that she thinks are interesting but nobody else does." ^[3] Higley's termination was announced June 4, 2007. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... Erika Slezak, in a still from the One Life to Live opening sequence. ...

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References

External links

• ABC-TV: OLTL
• Dena Higley at the Internet Movie Database