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name: "Meredith Averill"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1982"
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average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-17T01:16:19.982059+00:00"
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# Meredith Averill

Writer. Born 1 January 1982 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1982, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** メレディス・アベリル

## Biography

Meredith Averill is an American television writer and producer. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, she graduated from New York University with a degree in screenwriting.

She began her career as an assistant to television writer/producers André Nemec and Josh Appelbaum, then wrote episodes of *Samurai Girl* (2008), *Life on Mars* (2008–09) and *Happy Town* (2010). Averill spent three years on *The Good Wife* (2009) as a writer and producer, advancing from story editor to producer. In 2013 she signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios and created the series *Star-Crossed* (2014).

Subsequent credits include work on *Jane the Virgin*, *Pure Genius*, *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018) and *Locke & Key* (2020–2022), where she served as co-showrunner and developer. She has received Writers Guild of America Award nominations and won a Bram Stoker Award for the screenplay of an episode of *The Haunting of Hill House*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wednesday* (2022), Fi1m 71, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), Fi1m 84, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)

## Also known for

- *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018), Writer
- *Locke & Key* (2020), Writer
- *Jane the Virgin* (2014), Writer
- *Star-Crossed* (2014), Writer
- *Pure Genius* (2016), Writer
- *American Gothic* (2016), Writer

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