Biography
Jan McVerry is a British television writer. Born in Liverpool in 1966, she began her career in script and continuity roles, working as a script continuity assistant on Brookside before joining Coronation Street as a story associate in 1991.
She has been a regular writer on Coronation Street since 1997, contributing hundreds of episodes. Her credits include the programme's fiftieth-anniversary live episode in 2010 and the 9,000th episode in 2016. She has received BAFTA Television Awards for Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012 and 2014, a British Soap Award for Best Single Episode in 2011, and the Tony Warren Award in 2022.
McVerry's other writing credits include episodes of The Forsyte Saga (2002), Clocking Off, Emmerdale, Brookside, The Street, Homefront, Drop Dead Gorgeous and Cold Feet.
