Shawna and Julie are a sister writing team who not only share the same birthday (three years apart), but also a love of genre TV/Film and Comics. That love inspired their move from the cornfields of Illinois to sunny Los Angeles to pursue careers in screenwriting. After working on numerous features and series as showrunner assistants, writers’ assistants, script coordinators, and as writers on the Emmy award-winning web series EMMA APPROVED, the Bensons landed their first writing staff job on CW’s THE 100.

After three seasons penning the critically-acclaimed series, they were brought on as Co-Producers on Netflix’s WU ASSASSINS. Next up, they boldly travelled to Produce STAR TREK: PRODIGY, an animated series for Nickelodeon, available on Blu-ray and now streaming on Netflix! Alongside their TV writing jobs, they worked with DC Comics on the popular 2016 REBIRTH launch writing BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY from 2016-2018, followed by a 7-issue run on GREEN ARROW.

Shawna spent thirteen years as an IT tech and project manager, loves travelling, and is a practicing oenophile who excels at sniffing and swirling. Julie lives with Gideon, her Ewok-like Brussels Griffon dog, loves listening to podcasts on her noise cancelling headphones, and watching TCM while wearing a caftan.