abby

is a screenwriter, director, and playwright based in Brooklyn, NY. She loves experimenting with genre, especially horror, comedy, sci-fi, and fantasy. Her teen comedy feature script, SMUT CLUB, was selected for the 2023 Athena Film Festival Writers Lab. Her TV pilot adaptation of Dracula, MINA & LUCY, was a Finalist for the Stowe Story Labs Nyx Horror Collective Fellowship. Her stage play GIRLS ON ICE was a semifinalist for the 2024 Emerson Stage New Play Workshop, and received a one-day workshop at The Tank via the Trove Collective.

Her debut short film, SKIN DEEP, is streaming on ALTER. The film won Best Lead Performer at the 2023 Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus Ohio, and screened at American Cinematheque’s PROOF Film Festival in Los Angeles and Paracinema Cult Film Festival in the UK.

She holds an MFA in Writing for the Screen & Stage from Northwestern University and a BA in English/Creative Writing from Stanford University.

Her favorite holiday is Halloween.