BRIAN YORKEY

Brian Yorkey received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score for Next to Normal. Brian was the Executive Producer and Showrunner of 13 Reasons Why for Netflix, Paramount Television and Anonymous Content. As principal of That Kid Ed, Inc., Brian is writing and developing numerous projects for Netflix, where he is under an overall deal, as well as for HBO Max, Charter, and other outlets.

Brian was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and the show won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score. Additional theatre credits include If/Then (Tony Award Nominee for Best Score), and The Last Ship (co-bookwriter, Outer Critic’s Nomination, with John Logan), and Freaky Friday (Disney Theatricals, Disney Channel Original Movie).