---
name: "Stephen Markley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-markley"
fi1m_id: "stephen-markley"
imdb_id: "nm6126264"
tmdb_id: 3083226
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 October 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:17:39.089773+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Stephen Markley

## Identity

Stephen Markley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-markley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-markley
- **IMDb ID:** nm6126264
- **TMDB ID:** 3083226
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6126264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3083226

Writer. Born 2 October 1983 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 October 1983, Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6126264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3083226

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Only Murders in the Building*](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md) (76), [*Paradise*](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stephen Markley is an American writer of novels and television. Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, he is a graduate of Miami University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Markley’s debut novel *Ohio* was published in 2018. His second novel, *The Deluge*, appeared in 2023. On television he has written episodes of *Only Murders in the Building* (2021–2022), where he also served as story editor, and of the Hulu series *Paradise* (2025–), on which he has worked as executive story editor and co-producer.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Paradise* (2025), Fi1m 73, Writer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md)
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Fi1m 76, Writer, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That Friend* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Paradise* (2025), series, Writer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md)
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)

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