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name: "Maiya Williams"
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born: "18 December 1962"
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updated: "2026-09-16T23:17:08.069983+00:00"
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# Maiya Williams

Writer. Born 18 December 1962 in Corvallis.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 December 1962, Corvallis

## Biography

Maiya Williams is an American screenwriter, television producer and author. Born on 18 December 1962 in Corvallis, Oregon, she grew up in New Haven, Connecticut and Berkeley, California. She graduated from Harvard College in 1984, where she was the first African American woman elected to The Harvard Lampoon and the first African American to serve as an officer. She later earned a master's degree in African American Studies from UCLA.

Williams has written for television series including *Roc* (1992–1993), *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1993–1995), *The Wayans Bros.* (1995–1999), *MADtv* (2002–2006), *Rugrats* (1991), *Futurama* (2010–2025) and *The Haunted Hathaways* (2013–2015). She has also worked as a producer on several of these programmes and was a co-executive producer on *The Last O.G.*. She is married to television writer and producer Patric M. Verrone.

In 2004 Williams published her first children's book, *The Golden Hour*, the start of a time-travel trilogy. She has since written further novels including *The Hour of the Cobra* (2006) and *Middle School Cool* (2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)

## Also known for

- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Writer
- *Rugrats* (1991), Writer
- *MADtv* (1995), Writer
- *The Haunted Hathaways* (2013), Writer
- *The Wayans Bros.* (1995), Writer
- *The PJs* (1999), Writer
- *The Ghost and Molly McGee* (2021), Story, Writer

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