Abra Deering Norton
Adjunct Professor Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University
Storyteller | Writer | Adj. Professor Creative Writing | Bylines LAT, HuffPo | Published fiction, essays, scripts. MFA UCLA. Screenwriter, novelist, essayist.
Abra Deering is a writer and Adjunct Professor of creative writing, currently based in Minneapolis, after fifteen years of living in West LA. She has an MFA from UCLA in screenwriting. Her stories (often crime/mysteries), essays, and poems are featured in Mystery Tribune, Shotgun Honey, Jersey Devil Press, HuffPo, LA Times, The Wrap, Eunoia Review, East Coast Lit Review and others. Female protagonists, a strong sense of place, crime, intriguing morality, some wit, and female empowerment are the central themes of her writing.

She attended NYU TISCH and received her BA from the University of MN. She was a repped screenwriter whose screenplay won an Amazon Studios test film award. Her screenplays made the top 15% of Nicholl Screenplay competition.
Southern New Hampshire University
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Adjunct Professor Creative Writing
HuffPost
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Essayist
TheWrap
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Freelance Writer
SheKnows Media
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Entertainment Reporter
Amazon Studios
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Producer
Ipsos
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Film Analyst
United Talent Agency
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Freelance Story Analyst
Los Angeles Times
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Freelance Writer
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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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Master of Fine Arts - MFA
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Bachelor of Arts - BA
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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New York University
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New York University
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Award-Winning Test Film with Amazon Studios - Co-wrote original animation screenplay, BEE WARS, independently produced and directed award-winning children’s animation test film.
Amazon Studios
Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Co-writer original feature screenplay Top 20% Academy Nicholl Screenplay Competition 2017
Academy Nicholl Screenplay Competition
Co-Writer Screenplay
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
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NYU Alumni Association
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UCLA Alumni
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