On 10/1/2025 at 5:25 AM, glfaninnyc said:

Kathleen Culliton wrote today's Days of our Lives Script.

Another Culliton?

On 10/1/2025 at 5:25 AM, glfaninnyc said:

Kathleen Culliton wrote today's Days of our Lives Script.

Kathleen Culliton is a journalist, and yes the daughter of Carolyn and Richard.  
But I don't think she's ever written for soaps?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-culliton-7686aa21/

https://www.rawstory.com/u/kathleenculliton

 

 

 

 

Edited October 4Oct 4 by janea4old

Shawn Pipkin-West directed their first episode of General Hospital today (October 7). (x)

RYAN QUAN DEPARTS "DAYS"...

 

After 18 years with "Days of Our Lives", story consultant Ryan Quan has wrapped his run. His last episode aired on October 8, 2025. Quan joined "Days" on April 3, 2007 as a writers' assistant, then became a dialogue writer in 2008, a breakdown writer in 2011, and from 2016-2017 he was one of the show's head writers. Since July 2017, Quan had served as the show's story consultant. He is now a writer with "General Hospital."

Edited October 9Oct 9 by JAS0N47

37 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

RYAN QUAN DEPARTS "DAYS"...

 

After 18 years with "Days of Our Lives", story consultant Ryan Quan has wrapped his run. His last episode aired on October 8, 2025. Quan joined "Days" on April 3, 2007 as a writers' assistant, then became a dialogue writer in 2008, a breakdown writer in 2011, and from 2016-2017 he was one of the show's head writers. Since July 2017, Quan had served as the show's story consultant. He is now a writer with "General Hospital."

At least under Ron, Ryan wrote breakdowns as well.  

He's a big reason why we got Eli Grant, for which I'm thankful.

"DAYS" WGA WRITER LIST: 2025 UPDATE:

Here's the update to last year's research, including the additions of the new writers (Kathleen Culliton, Simone Hawthorne, Lynn Martin, Dan O'Connor, Skyy Sandifer, Christian Streaty, Isaac Francis Tackman and Megan Titus) and updates to the deceased list.

"Days" Writer Directory via WGA Directory:

Sonja Alarr                   WGAW
Richard J. Allen             WGAW

Robin Amos                          NOT LISTED

Sheri Anderson             WGAW (Fi-Core)
Dorell Anthony                      NOT LISTED
James H. Arthur                    NOT LISTED

Jane Atkins                   WGAW

Richard Backus            WGAEast

James Baffico                        NOT LISTED

Anne Howard Bailey     WGAW (Deceased)

William J. Bell                          NOT LISTED  (Deceased)

Zak Berkman                 WGAEast

Alexandra Bleckner        WGAW

K0la B00f                                NOT LISTED

John P. Boruff                        NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Bettina F. Bradbury        WGAW  (Deceased) (Listed as Tina Karapetian)

Peter Brash                     WGAEast

Ethel M. Brez                  WGAW (Deceased)

Mel Brez                          WGAW (Deceased)

Lorraine Broderick         WGAEast

James Harmon Brown    WGAW (Fi-Core)

Jazmen Darnell Brown    WGAW

Linda Poindexter-Brown  WGAW

L. Virginia Browne          WGAW (Deceased)

Janet Brownell               WGAW                                

Don Buday                    WGAW (Deceased)

Jack Bunch                   WGAW (Deceased)

Linda Rosatti Campanelli WGAW

Darrel Campbell              WGAW

Ron Carlivati                   WGAEast

Francine Carroll              WGAW (Deceased)

Tom Casiello                   WGAEast

Rocci Chatfield               WGAW (Deceased)

David Cherrill                  WGAEast (Listed as C. David Colson)

M.D. Clark                     WGAW

Joanna Cohen                WGAEast
Mike Cohen                   WGAEast                                            

Wanda Coleman            WGAW (Deceased)

David Colloff                   WGAW (Deceased)

Andrea Archer Compton  WGAW
Lisa Connor                   WGAEast                   
Carolyn Culliton             WGAEast (Listed as Carolyn DeMoney Culliton)     

Kathleen Culliton          WGAEast                       

Richard Culliton             WGAEast

Paula Cwikly                   WGAW (Fi-Core)

Michael Robert David      WGAW (Deceased)

Annamarie Davidson               NOT LISTED
Cheryl Davis                   WGAEast
Margaret De Priest         WGAW (Deceased)
Kirk Doering                  WGAW

Judith Donato                WGAEast

Rick Draughon               WGAW

Christopher Dunn          WGAW

Lacey Dyer                   WGAW

Charles Edwards                    NOT LISTED

Clem Egan                    WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Barbara Esensten        WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Brian Farrell                           NOT LISTED

Jacqueline Feather         WGAW

Mathilde Ferro               WGAW (Deceased)

Theodore Ferro              WGAW (Deceased)

Steven J. Fisher             WGAW        

Ruth Brooks Flippen      WGAW (Deceased)                                           

Jeanne Marie Grunwell Ford       WGAW (Fi-Core)

Norm Chandler Fox        WGAW (Deceased)

Jacqueline Frazier          WGAW

Barbara Garshman         WGAEast

Sofia Landon Geier         WGAEast

James Gentile                          NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Howard George                       NOT LISTED

Victor Gialanella             WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)

Charlotte Gibson           WGAEast (Listed as Charlotte Gibson Bauer)
Jamey Giddens             WGAEast      

Lawrence Gipe              WGAW

Stephen Glantz             WGAW      

Renee Godelia              WGAW

Susan Goldberg            WGAW

Ray Goldstone              WGAW (Deceased)

Marcia E. Greenlaw      WGAW (Deceased)

Josh Griffith                 WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)

Mary Gwynn                 WGAW

Alex Hadad                          NOT LISTED
Bob Hansen                   WGAW

Paul Harrison                 WGAW (Deceased)

Elizabeth Harrower         WGAW (Deceased) (Listed as Elizabeth H. Seabold)                                  

Simone C. Hawthorne    WGAEast

Bill Hayes                            NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Linda Henry                   WGAW

Dena Breshears Higley     WGAW (Fi-Core)                      

Mark Christopher Higley  WGAW (Fi-Core)

Janne B. Hiller                      NOT LISTED

Chuck Hirsch                        NOT LISTED

Randy Holland               WGAW                           

James Houghton            WGAW (Deceased)

Mona Houghton             WGAW

Janet Iacobuzio              WGAEast

Norman Jacob               WGAW (Deceased)

Sarah Jenkins                WGAEast           
C.L. Johnson                       NOT LISTED

Frederick Johnson       WGAW

Frances Joyce               WGAEast (Listed as N. Gail Lawrence)                 

Patricia Joyce                WGAW

Norman Katkov              WGAW (Deceased)    

Charlene Keel                WGAW (Deceased)    

Cydney Kelley               WGAW

Meg Kelly                      WGAW (Fi-Core)

Courtney Kirkpatrick     WGAW

Susan Kirshenbaum       WGAEast

Edwin Klein                           NOT LISTED (Deceased)                          

Jeanne Knowlton                 NOT LISTED

David Kreizman             WGAEast
Ted Kubiak                    WGAEast              

Carolyne Lacey                      NOT LISTED

Nina Laemmle                WGAW (Deceased)

Leah Laiman                    WGAW

Tom Langan                    WGAW

Mary Jeannett LeDonne  WGAW                                  

Kay Lenard                    WGAW (Deceased)

David Lesan                           NOT LISTED (Deceased)

David A. Levinson           WGAW

Morton Lewis                         NOT LISTED

William J. Lewis III         WGAW

Michelle Poteet Lisanti   WGAW (Fi-Core)                          

Roberto Loiederman      WGAW

Sherman C. Magidson            NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Ann Marcus                    WGAW (Deceased)

Leah Markus                 WGAW           

Jayne Martin                  WGAW

Lynn Martin                    NOT LISTED
Rebecca McCarty          WGAW

Marlene Clark Poulter McPherson    WGAW (Fi-Core)

Carole A. Mendelsohn    WGAW

Beth Milstein                 WGAW

Erika Moore                           NOT LISTED

Molly/M.M. Shelly Moore  WGAW                

Sally Sussman Morina     WGAW (Listed as Sally Sussman)

Shawn Morrison              WGAW (Fi-Core)

Nichole B. Murphy                  NOT LISTED

Fran Myers                    WGA East (Fi-Core, no longer listed) (Listed as Frances Myers Newman)                      

Bruce Neckels               WGAW
Henry Newman              WGAW

John S. Newman            WGAW     

Stefanie Novik                WGAW

Rick Nusblatt                 WGAW

Dan O'Connor               WGAW

Laura Olsher                  WGAW (Deceased)      

Juliet Packer                  WGAEast (Listed as Juliet Law Packer)

Danielle Paige                WGAEast

Gene Palumbo                        NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Katherine Penders        WGAW (Deceased)
Maura Penders              WGAW            
Joyce Perry                   WGAW

Irna Phillips                              NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Peggy Phillips               WGAW (Deceased)

Donna Pizzi                   WGAW   

Joan Pommer                WGAW (Deceased) (Listed as Joan McCall)                                  

Meredith Post                WGAEast

Dorothy Ann Purser               NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Ryan Quan                    WGAW

Thom Racina                 WGAW

Jared Rappaport             WGAW                            

Samuel D. Ratcliffe                 NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Gordon Rayfield           WGAEast

Bill Rega                       WGAW (Deceased)

James E. Reilly            WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Peter T. Rich                 WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)

Kenneth M. Rosen        WGAW (Deceased)

Marjorie Rosen              WGAEast

Joyce Rosenblad           WGAW

Dave Ryan                    WGAW

Frank Salisbury             WGAW
Melissa Salmons           WGAEast

Linda Salzman               WGAW (Deceased)

Skyy Sandifer               WGAEast

Don Sanford                  WGAW (Deceased)     

Carol Saraceno            WGAW (Deceased)

Peggy Schibi                 WGAW           

Margaret Schneider        WGAW (Deceased)

Katherine Schock           WGAW
Anne M. Schoettle          WGAW                          

Jodie Scholz                  WGAW

Roger Schroeder            WGAW

Barbara Searles             WGAW (Deceased)

David Seidler                 WGAW (Deceased)

Lisa Seidman                WGAW

Hannah Shearer           WGAW

Hogan Sheffer              WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Stan Silverman                      NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Kate Simon                   WGAEast (Listed as Katherine H. Hall)

Michael Slade                       NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Alan Slasor                    WGAW                

Dwight D. Smith             WGAW

Pat Falken Smith           WGAW (Deceased)

Patrick Smith                       NOT LISTED

Elizabeth Snyder           WGAW (Deceased)

Dana Soloff                    WGAW

Gillian Spencer              WGAEast                            

Penina Spiegel              WGAW (Deceased)  

John M. Stannard           WGAW (Deceased)

Douglas Steinberg          WGAW

Robert Stevens                      NOT LISTED

Margaret Stewart           WGAW (Deceased)

Christian Streaty            WGAW

William L. Stuart            WGAW (Deceased)

Isaac Francis Tackman   WGAW

Judy Tate                       WGAEast

Megan Titus                   WGAW

Maralyn Thoma              WGAW              

Darrell Ray Thomas Jr.   WGAW (Fi-Core)

Gary Tomlin                  WGAW (Fi-Core)

Anne Toole                               NOT LISTED
Tyler Topits                    WGAW

Jack Turley                    WGAW (Deceased)                                          

Lynda Tomes Vincent     WGAW

Allison Wait                              NOT LISTED

Addie Walsh                   WGAEast
Nancy Williams Watt     WGAEast

Carolyn J. Weston         WGAW (Deceased)  

Christopher Whitesell     WGAEast                                        

Carey Wilber                 WGAW (Deceased)       

Elizabeth Blake-Young               NOT LISTED (Deceased)

John M. Young                          NOT LISTED (Deceased)

 

Jason47 Note: For the 37 writers not listed in WGA files, 15 are known to be deceased and are listed as such. 

 

Of the 22 "not listed" writers, 14 have no info available. If anyone has any biographical details or can provide more info, please post!

 

Days Writer (Years with Days)

James H. Arthur (1979-1980)

Charles Edwards (1980-1981)

Brian Farrell (1987)

Howard George (1984)

Janne Hiller (1984) (Janne Goodman Hiller Seal, born 2/13/47, via public records)

Chuck Hirsch (1986)

CL Johnson (1985)

Jeanne Knowlton (1986) (Possibly Jeanne Knowlton Ross, born 11/6/46 via public records, who acted on soaps as Jeanne Ruskin)

Carolyne Lacey (1971) (Wrote the 1962 play "The Virgin's Victory")

Morton Lewis (1986)
Erika Moore (1984)

Nichole Murphy (1989)

Patrick Smith (1986)

Robert Stevens (1992-1993)

 

Current writing staff bios page updated as well: https://www.jason47.com/days/staffbios.html

1 hour ago, JAS0N47 said:

"DAYS" WGA WRITER LIST: 2025 UPDATE:

Here's the update to last year's research, including the additions of the new writers (Kathleen Culliton, Simone Hawthorne, Lynn Martin, Dan O'Connor, Skyy Sandifer, Christian Streaty, Isaac Francis Tackman and Megan Titus) and updates to the deceased list.

"Days" Writer Directory via WGA Directory:

Sonja Alarr                   WGAW
Richard J. Allen             WGAW

Robin Amos                          NOT LISTED

Sheri Anderson             WGAW (Fi-Core)
Dorell Anthony                      NOT LISTED
James H. Arthur                    NOT LISTED

Jane Atkins                   WGAW

Richard Backus            WGAEast

James Baffico                        NOT LISTED

Anne Howard Bailey     WGAW (Deceased)

William J. Bell                          NOT LISTED  (Deceased)

Zak Berkman                 WGAEast

Alexandra Bleckner        WGAW

K0la B00f                                NOT LISTED

John P. Boruff                        NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Bettina F. Bradbury        WGAW  (Deceased) (Listed as Tina Karapetian)

Peter Brash                     WGAEast

Ethel M. Brez                  WGAW (Deceased)

Mel Brez                          WGAW (Deceased)

Lorraine Broderick         WGAEast

James Harmon Brown    WGAW (Fi-Core)

Jazmen Darnell Brown    WGAW

Linda Poindexter-Brown  WGAW

L. Virginia Browne          WGAW (Deceased)

Janet Brownell               WGAW                                

Don Buday                    WGAW (Deceased)

Jack Bunch                   WGAW (Deceased)

Linda Rosatti Campanelli WGAW

Darrel Campbell              WGAW

Ron Carlivati                   WGAEast

Francine Carroll              WGAW (Deceased)

Tom Casiello                   WGAEast

Rocci Chatfield               WGAW (Deceased)

David Cherrill                  WGAEast (Listed as C. David Colson)

M.D. Clark                     WGAW

Joanna Cohen                WGAEast
Mike Cohen                   WGAEast                                            

Wanda Coleman            WGAW (Deceased)

David Colloff                   WGAW (Deceased)

Andrea Archer Compton  WGAW
Lisa Connor                   WGAEast                   
Carolyn Culliton             WGAEast (Listed as Carolyn DeMoney Culliton)     

Kathleen Culliton          WGAEast                       

Richard Culliton             WGAEast

Paula Cwikly                   WGAW (Fi-Core)

Michael Robert David      WGAW (Deceased)

Annamarie Davidson               NOT LISTED
Cheryl Davis                   WGAEast
Margaret De Priest         WGAW (Deceased)
Kirk Doering                  WGAW

Judith Donato                WGAEast

Rick Draughon               WGAW

Christopher Dunn          WGAW

Lacey Dyer                   WGAW

Charles Edwards                    NOT LISTED

Clem Egan                    WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Barbara Esensten        WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Brian Farrell                           NOT LISTED

Jacqueline Feather         WGAW

Mathilde Ferro               WGAW (Deceased)

Theodore Ferro              WGAW (Deceased)

Steven J. Fisher             WGAW        

Ruth Brooks Flippen      WGAW (Deceased)                                           

Jeanne Marie Grunwell Ford       WGAW (Fi-Core)

Norm Chandler Fox        WGAW (Deceased)

Jacqueline Frazier          WGAW

Barbara Garshman         WGAEast

Sofia Landon Geier         WGAEast

James Gentile                          NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Howard George                       NOT LISTED

Victor Gialanella             WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)

Charlotte Gibson           WGAEast (Listed as Charlotte Gibson Bauer)
Jamey Giddens             WGAEast      

Lawrence Gipe              WGAW

Stephen Glantz             WGAW      

Renee Godelia              WGAW

Susan Goldberg            WGAW

Ray Goldstone              WGAW (Deceased)

Marcia E. Greenlaw      WGAW (Deceased)

Josh Griffith                 WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)

Mary Gwynn                 WGAW

Alex Hadad                          NOT LISTED
Bob Hansen                   WGAW

Paul Harrison                 WGAW (Deceased)

Elizabeth Harrower         WGAW (Deceased) (Listed as Elizabeth H. Seabold)                                  

Simone C. Hawthorne    WGAEast

Bill Hayes                            NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Linda Henry                   WGAW

Dena Breshears Higley     WGAW (Fi-Core)                      

Mark Christopher Higley  WGAW (Fi-Core)

Janne B. Hiller                      NOT LISTED

Chuck Hirsch                        NOT LISTED

Randy Holland               WGAW                           

James Houghton            WGAW (Deceased)

Mona Houghton             WGAW

Janet Iacobuzio              WGAEast

Norman Jacob               WGAW (Deceased)

Sarah Jenkins                WGAEast           
C.L. Johnson                       NOT LISTED

Frederick Johnson       WGAW

Frances Joyce               WGAEast (Listed as N. Gail Lawrence)                 

Patricia Joyce                WGAW

Norman Katkov              WGAW (Deceased)    

Charlene Keel                WGAW (Deceased)    

Cydney Kelley               WGAW

Meg Kelly                      WGAW (Fi-Core)

Courtney Kirkpatrick     WGAW

Susan Kirshenbaum       WGAEast

Edwin Klein                           NOT LISTED (Deceased)                          

Jeanne Knowlton                 NOT LISTED

David Kreizman             WGAEast
Ted Kubiak                    WGAEast              

Carolyne Lacey                      NOT LISTED

Nina Laemmle                WGAW (Deceased)

Leah Laiman                    WGAW

Tom Langan                    WGAW

Mary Jeannett LeDonne  WGAW                                  

Kay Lenard                    WGAW (Deceased)

David Lesan                           NOT LISTED (Deceased)

David A. Levinson           WGAW

Morton Lewis                         NOT LISTED

William J. Lewis III         WGAW

Michelle Poteet Lisanti   WGAW (Fi-Core)                          

Roberto Loiederman      WGAW

Sherman C. Magidson            NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Ann Marcus                    WGAW (Deceased)

Leah Markus                 WGAW           

Jayne Martin                  WGAW

Lynn Martin                    NOT LISTED
Rebecca McCarty          WGAW

Marlene Clark Poulter McPherson    WGAW (Fi-Core)

Carole A. Mendelsohn    WGAW

Beth Milstein                 WGAW

Erika Moore                           NOT LISTED

Molly/M.M. Shelly Moore  WGAW                

Sally Sussman Morina     WGAW (Listed as Sally Sussman)

Shawn Morrison              WGAW (Fi-Core)

Nichole B. Murphy                  NOT LISTED

Fran Myers                    WGA East (Fi-Core, no longer listed) (Listed as Frances Myers Newman)                      

Bruce Neckels               WGAW
Henry Newman              WGAW

John S. Newman            WGAW     

Stefanie Novik                WGAW

Rick Nusblatt                 WGAW

Dan O'Connor               WGAW

Laura Olsher                  WGAW (Deceased)      

Juliet Packer                  WGAEast (Listed as Juliet Law Packer)

Danielle Paige                WGAEast

Gene Palumbo                        NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Katherine Penders        WGAW (Deceased)
Maura Penders              WGAW            
Joyce Perry                   WGAW

Irna Phillips                              NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Peggy Phillips               WGAW (Deceased)

Donna Pizzi                   WGAW   

Joan Pommer                WGAW (Deceased) (Listed as Joan McCall)                                  

Meredith Post                WGAEast

Dorothy Ann Purser               NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Ryan Quan                    WGAW

Thom Racina                 WGAW

Jared Rappaport             WGAW                            

Samuel D. Ratcliffe                 NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Gordon Rayfield           WGAEast

Bill Rega                       WGAW (Deceased)

James E. Reilly            WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Peter T. Rich                 WGAEast (Fi-Core, no longer listed)

Kenneth M. Rosen        WGAW (Deceased)

Marjorie Rosen              WGAEast

Joyce Rosenblad           WGAW

Dave Ryan                    WGAW

Frank Salisbury             WGAW
Melissa Salmons           WGAEast

Linda Salzman               WGAW (Deceased)

Skyy Sandifer               WGAEast

Don Sanford                  WGAW (Deceased)     

Carol Saraceno            WGAW (Deceased)

Peggy Schibi                 WGAW           

Margaret Schneider        WGAW (Deceased)

Katherine Schock           WGAW
Anne M. Schoettle          WGAW                          

Jodie Scholz                  WGAW

Roger Schroeder            WGAW

Barbara Searles             WGAW (Deceased)

David Seidler                 WGAW (Deceased)

Lisa Seidman                WGAW

Hannah Shearer           WGAW

Hogan Sheffer              WGAW (Fi-Core) (Deceased)

Stan Silverman                      NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Kate Simon                   WGAEast (Listed as Katherine H. Hall)

Michael Slade                       NOT LISTED (Deceased)

Alan Slasor                    WGAW                

Dwight D. Smith             WGAW

Pat Falken Smith           WGAW (Deceased)

Patrick Smith                       NOT LISTED

Elizabeth Snyder           WGAW (Deceased)

Dana Soloff                    WGAW

Gillian Spencer              WGAEast                            

Penina Spiegel              WGAW (Deceased)  

John M. Stannard           WGAW (Deceased)

Douglas Steinberg          WGAW

Robert Stevens                      NOT LISTED

Margaret Stewart           WGAW (Deceased)

Christian Streaty            WGAW

William L. Stuart            WGAW (Deceased)

Isaac Francis Tackman   WGAW

Judy Tate                       WGAEast

Megan Titus                   WGAW

Maralyn Thoma              WGAW              

Darrell Ray Thomas Jr.   WGAW (Fi-Core)

Gary Tomlin                  WGAW (Fi-Core)

Anne Toole                               NOT LISTED
Tyler Topits                    WGAW

Jack Turley                    WGAW (Deceased)                                          

Lynda Tomes Vincent     WGAW

Allison Wait                              NOT LISTED

Addie Walsh                   WGAEast
Nancy Williams Watt     WGAEast

Carolyn J. Weston         WGAW (Deceased)  

Christopher Whitesell     WGAEast                                        

Carey Wilber                 WGAW (Deceased)       

Elizabeth Blake-Young               NOT LISTED (Deceased)

John M. Young                          NOT LISTED (Deceased)

 

Jason47 Note: For the 37 writers not listed in WGA files, 15 are known to be deceased and are listed as such. 

 

Of the 22 "not listed" writers, 14 have no info available. If anyone has any biographical details or can provide more info, please post!

 

Days Writer (Years with Days)

James H. Arthur (1979-1980)

Charles Edwards (1980-1981)

Brian Farrell (1987)

Howard George (1984)

Janne Hiller (1984) (Janne Goodman Hiller Seal, born 2/13/47, via public records)

Chuck Hirsch (1986)

CL Johnson (1985)

Jeanne Knowlton (1986) (Possibly Jeanne Knowlton Ross, born 11/6/46 via public records, who acted on soaps as Jeanne Ruskin)

Carolyne Lacey (1971) (Wrote the 1962 play "The Virgin's Victory")

Morton Lewis (1986)
Erika Moore (1984)

Nichole Murphy (1989)

Patrick Smith (1986)

Robert Stevens (1992-1993)

 

Current writing staff bios page updated as well: https://www.jason47.com/days/staffbios.html

Here's what I know about Patrick Smith. He was hired by Pat Falken Smith and Norma Monty when they were GH head writers in 85-87. His name started appearing as a breakdown writer in Jan 86 and there's at least one YouTube GH episode from July 86 where he's listed under James E. Reilly so they worked together. Interesting, Monty had hired (in 1984 I believe) William Dale Smith (who wrote several novels as David Anthony one of which became a film starring Burt Lancaster). WD Smith died on March 31 1986 (suddenly probably) because his name was in the breakdown credits through April 85 when Smith/Monty took over from Bailey. Could Patrick have been related to either Patricia or William? Maybe.

Edited October 9Oct 9 by VelekaCarruthers

On Kathleen Culliton: I believe Carolyn had her when she and Richard moved to AW in 1984. Carolyn would remain on AW writing staff for many years and had Emily in 1986, I believe. Keep it in the family. The Cullitons have always been very capable script writers. Terrible head writers for the most part though. It must be great to get script writing training from your parents.  

BTW: If whoever is updating IMDB for Y&R and DOOL reads this: a) you've dropped Fran Newman from the writing credits for a a long time. And she's a script editor. b) On Y&R, whoever's updating the credits has alway misidentified the script editor as a breakdown writer. In fact, lately Marin Gazzaniga has been left off the updated credits on that site for months. I haven't seen the opening Y&R broadcast credits but I assume she's still there as script editor?

Edited October 11Oct 11 by VelekaCarruthers

32 minutes ago, VelekaCarruthers said:

On Kathleen Culliton: I believe Carolyn had her when she and Richard moved to AW in 1984. Carolyn would remain on AW writing staff for many years and had Emily in 1986, I believe. Keep it in the family. The Cullitons have always been very capable script writers. Terrible head writers for the most part though. It must be great to get script writing training from your parents.

As already posted above:
According to Carolyn, Kathleen Culliton was born in January 1987. 

• from the twitter account: Another World Memories @NBCAnotherWorld
  December 31st: #OnThisDay in 1986, Bay City rang in the New Year #AW #AnotherWorld
  ---
• Carolyn Culliton @oldbat53871 replied (link) 
  Three and a half weeks after this episode aired, I delivered a script on Friday and my sweet Kathleen on Saturday.

Three-and-a-half weeks after the Dec. 31, 1986 episode would be January 1987.


As posted above:  Kathleen Culliton is a journalist, and the daughter of Carolyn and Richard.  
But I don't know if she had ever written for soaps (until now) ?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-culliton-7686aa21/ 

https://www.rawstory.com/u/kathleenculliton 

And yes the journalist is Carolyn's daughter per Carolyn's and Kathleen's tweets back and forth about it, also posted above.  Carolyn congratulated Kathleen when Kathleen posted she got the job at Raw Story.

Adding on:  in prior years, Carolyn had mentioned in her tweets that Kathleen was writing for Patch.  (The Patch news organization, not the Patch character, LOL)
Definite that the journalist is Carolyn's daughter.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by janea4old

On 10/9/2025 at 12:20 PM, JAS0N47 said:

"Days" Writer Directory via WGA Directory:

Jason, I appreciate that you listed their full names.

I know Jason has already thoroughly researched the WGA East and West ficore lists. 
For anyone else curious,
here is the full ficore list for all TV&film 1981-2023:
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/66743-all-wga-fi-core-lists/

Edited October 11Oct 11 by janea4old

11 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Jason, I appreciate that you listed their full names.

I know Jason has already thoroughly researched the WGA East and West ficore lists. 
For anyone else curious,
here is the full ficore list for all TV&film 1981-2023:
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/66743-all-wga-fi-core-lists/

Speaking of that, I just checked to see if Lynn Martin was on that list, but no. But, as an active soap writer, she is not listed in the WGA directory. I see she was nominated in 2022 for a WGA Award, so she was a member at least that year. Wonder why she isn't a member??

36 minutes ago, janea4old said:

As already posted above:
According to Carolyn, Kathleen Culliton was born in January 1987. 

• from the twitter account: Another World Memories @NBCAnotherWorld
  December 31st: #OnThisDay in 1986, Bay City rang in the New Year #AW #AnotherWorld
  ---
• Carolyn Culliton @oldbat53871 replied (link) 
  Three and a half weeks after this episode aired, I delivered a script on Friday and my sweet Kathleen on Saturday.

Three-and-a-half weeks after the Dec. 31, 1986 episode would be January 1987.


As posted above:  Kathleen Culliton is a journalist, and the daughter of Carolyn and Richard.  
But I don't know if she had ever written for soaps (until now) ?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-culliton-7686aa21/ 

https://www.rawstory.com/u/kathleenculliton 

And yes the journalist is Carolyn's daughter per Carolyn's and Kathleen's tweets back and forth about it, also posted above.  Carolyn congratulated Kathleen when Kathleen posted she got the job at Raw Story.

Adding on:  in prior years, Carolyn had mentioned in her tweets that Kathleen was writing for Patch.  (The Patch news organization, not the Patch character, LOL)
Definite that the journalist is Carolyn's daughter.

A quick check of the NY voting records shows a Kathleen D. Culliton as 1/25/86.  Then when you check Kathleen D. Culliton in public records it shows this: Relatives and Associates for Kathleen D Culliton:   Carolyn Culliton · Emily Culliton · Richard Culliton

So she was born 1/25/86 (which is a Saturday), not 1/25/87 (which is a Sunday). It looks like Carolyn mistook the first sentence of that tweet "In 1986, Bay City rang in the New Year" and didn't realize the AW fans were actually talking about New Year's Day 1987.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by JAS0N47

43 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

I just checked to see if Lynn Martin was on that list, but no. But, as an active soap writer, she is not listed in the WGA directory. I see she was nominated in 2022 for a WGA Award, so she was a member at least that year. Wonder why she isn't a member??

Lynn Martin isn't ficore. In this February 2024 interview, she talks about being a Y&R writer and going on strike, and then coming back to work after the strike, and then being fired as soon as enough time had passed that they could legally fire her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiCyBd2YQeA

After her stint at DAYS, she went over to BTG for a while.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by janea4old

11 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

A quick check of the NY voting records shows a Kathleen D. Culliton as 1/25/86.  Then when you check Kathleen D. Culliton in public records it shows this: Relatives and Associates for Kathleen D Culliton:   Carolyn Culliton · Emily Culliton · Richard Culliton

So she was born 1/25/86 (which is a Saturday), not 1/25/87 (which is a Sunday). It looks like Carolyn mistook the first sentence of that tweet "In 1986, Bay City rang in the New Year" and didn't realize the AW fans were actually talking about New Year's Day 1987.

Understandable error that Carolyn made.  Thanks for clearing that up!
Also noting Jason being sharp-eyed re: Saturday vs Sunday.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by janea4old