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Robin Green (born July 31, 1945) is an American writer and producer. She was a writer and executive producer on the HBO series The Sopranos and was the co-creator and executive producer of the CBS series Blue Bloods.[1][2] In the 1970s, Green was a writer for Rolling Stone.
Robin Green | |
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| Born | July 31, 1945 Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University (B.A.) Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) |
| Notable works | The Sopranos, Blue Bloods |
| Spouse | Mitchell Burgess |
A Rhode Island native,[3] Robin Green earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American literature from Pembroke College in Brown University, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.[3] Green is Jewish.[4]
In 1968, Green worked as Marvel Comics' secretary-receptionist and "Gal Friday" for editor-in-chief Stan Lee.[5]
After moving on from Marvel she spent time as a magazine journalist in such publications as Rolling Stone.[6]
Upon entering the television industry as a writer, Green wrote and produced for such series as The Sopranos, Northern Exposure, A Year in the Life and Almost Grown, and wrote the Showtime TV movie Critical Choices.[7][8] In 2010, Green worked as an executive consultant and writer on the second season of police drama Southland.
In August 2018 Little Brown and Company published Green's memoir, The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone.[9]
Green is married to Sopranos co-writer Mitchell Burgess. Together, they created the CBS police procedural Blue Bloods, which premiered in 2010.[10][11]
- Green, Robin (August 21, 2018). The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-44005-9.
Green won an Emmy Award for her work on the CBS series Northern Exposure. She was awarded Emmys for Best Writing of a Drama Series for episodes of The Sopranos in 2001 and 2003, as well as an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2004. In addition, she won two Peabody Awards and a Golden Globe Award for the series.
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