Will Scheffer

Will Scheffer

Will Scheffer is an American playwright and co-creator and executive producer of "Big Love" with fellow writing partner, Mark V. Olsen.

His writing credits include Big Love: In the Beginning, "Ellis Island", "Duck Town", 'Easter', "In The Gloaming", "The Pact" and "Citizen Baines [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284961/] ".

In 1997, Scheffer was honored with the Variety magazine award "One of the Rising Writers to Watch".

Scheffer is openly gay; since the early 1990s, he and professional partner Olsen have also been romantic partners [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/10/PKG3EQ4RTA1.DTL&feed=rss.entertainment] [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12421072] .

External links

* Lattin, Don. "Gay monogamous couple are brains behind polygamy show," "San Francisco Chronicle" (June 10, 2007). [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/10/PKG3EQ4RTA1.DTL&feed=rss.entertainment]
* Gross, Terry. "Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer, Feeling the 'Big Love'," "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" (August 1, 2007). [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12421072]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770504/]


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