Playwright and screenwriter C.J. Ehrlich loves to write perplexed characters into dark comedy corners so she can watch them fight their way out. Her award-winning plays have enjoyed hundreds of productions in all corners of the US, and as far afield as the Panama Canal, the Chennai Peninsula, Seoul, South Korea, and Wogonga, Australia. (Her wish list includes Ypsilanti, Pyong Yang and Ouagadougou). Published in eleven "Best of" anthologies, C.J. was dubbed a "master of the ten-minute play form" by Smith and Kraus. She is a proud recipient of St. Petersburg’s Neem Award for Improbable Writing, and a national “Women Are Funny” award. Web series creator/writer O-TOWN NY.

Since her recent pivot to screenwriting, her comedy pilot LOSER ISLAND and horror-thriller FINAL EXAM have amassed numerous awards, including The Writer's Lab, Top 10%; Austin Film Festival Second Rounder; Creative Screenwriting TV Pilots, Top 10 Finalist; Austin Comedy Film Festival Winner (pilots), Ivy Film Festival Second Place (pilots); CineStory Semifinalist.

A former EMT and ambulance driver, CJ blames her writing career on her NYS Nursing License: before she could get hired on a med-surg ward, her first play was produced. More at CJ-Ehrlich.com.