Kelly Jo Brick

Writer

Kelly Jo Brick is a TV crime, mystery and procedural writer who digs into the layers and complexities of humanity, underdogs and justice. She’s fueled by her experiences as a graduate of both the FBI and LAPD community academies, as well as being a member of a national intelligence-gathering organization that partners with the FBI. 

A Sundance Fellow and alum of the Women In Film Writer/Showrunner Mentoring Program, Kelly Jo writes The Bricks of Breaking In, an interview series for Final Draft that focuses on breaking in, building and growing your career as a writer.

Originally from a small town in the heart of Wisconsin’s dairy country, Kelly Jo developed a love for storytelling when as a child she’d gather up her stuffed animals and toy horses to create adventure after adventure. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin with degrees in creative writing and English, Kelly Jo played trombone in the highly acclaimed University of Wisconsin Marching Band. After winning the Scriptapalooza TV competition and writing the Telly Award-winning film, PAUSE, she relocated to Los Angeles where she is the Vice Chair of the WGAW Genre Committee.