Carla Banks-Waddles

A native Detroiter, Carla Banks Waddles has been working as a television writer in Los Angeles since 2000. She has written and produced such TV shows as For Your Love (Warner Bros.), That's So Raven (Disney), Half & Half (UPN), The Bill Engvall Show (TBS), Sonny With A Chance (Disney), Let's Stay Together (BET), Lab Rats (Disney XD), The Soul Man (TV Land), Truth Be Told (NBC), Hit The Floor (BET), and Good Girls (NBC). A graduate of Northwestern's Journalism's school, she also earned an MFA in Screenwriting from USC. She enjoys sharing her craft and returned to Northwestern as a lecturer teaching television writing courses in the Radio Television Film Department. She founded Babycakes Productions, Inc. as a vehicle for her creative projects. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, two children and a puppy.