Emmy Laybourne

Emmy Laybourne is a novelist, screenwriter and former character actress. She is the author of the Monument 14 trilogy ("Frighteningly real... riveting" - NYT Book Review, Editor's Choice) and the novel SWEET ("A gripping action-adventure survival story" - VOYA, rated Perfect Ten). Her next book BERSERKER, will be released in Fall, 2017 by Feiwel & Friends, a division of Macmillan. Emmy recently collaborated with Brad Peyton on the adaptation of her novel MONUMENT 14 for the screen for Strange Weather Films (Andrew Adamson, Aron Warner, and Jeff Fierson). She wrote for the Carsey Werner sketch show "Ripe Tomatoes" and is the co-author of the feature "Kung Fu Magoo." She's also written for the Nickelodeon shows, "Bubble Guppies," and "The Assistants." She has an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA, where she won the Eleanor Perry Award for excellence. Emmy is the host and creator of the critically acclaimed NYC literary series, Spine Out, which features novelists reading personal essays. Before her life as an author, Emmy performed original comedy on Comedy Central, MTV and VH1; and acted in the movies "Superstar," "The In-Laws" and "Nancy Drew," among others. Emmy is the daughter of cable pioneer Gerry Laybourne and TV producer Kit Laybourne, and the sister to Sam Laybourne. Emmy is famous with Comedy Central die-hard fans for a song she wrote and performed with Sam called, "We Can't Make Love Because We're Related." Emmy is represented by literary agent Susanna Einstein of ELM and managed by Eddie Gamarra of The Gotham Group.