Kate Wood(VI)

Writer Kate Wood was born in Fredericksburg, VA to Dave and Nancy Wood. She grew up in Northern Virginia (NoVa, as the locals say) with her sister, Jacq, and two brothers, Davey and Peter. Upon graduating high school, Kate moved to New York city, where she attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. In 2012, she graduated from NYU with a BFA in Film & Television. Within weeks of completing her studies, Kate moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in sitcom writing. In September of 2012, her pilot script "Empty Nest" won "Best Teleplay" at the Broad Humor Film Festival in Venice, CA. In July of 2013, her pilot script "Divorced at 24" won first place at the November 2012-April 2013 The Writers Place Screenplay Contest (teleplay/short category).