{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> |image = | | name = Patty Lin | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Cornell University | occupation = Author, Television writer and producer | nationality = American | period = | genre = | notableworks = ''Breaking Bad'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Friends'', ''Freaks and Geeks'' | subject = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = }}'''Patty Lin''' is an American author and former television screenwriter and producer. She is a graduate of Cornell University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cornellclubla.com/article.html?aid=613|title= News About Cornellians Working in Hollywood|accessdate=2011-10-27|publisher=Cornell Club of Los Angeles}}</ref>
==Career== She has written episodes for the television series ''Friends'', ''Freaks and Geeks'', ''Martial Law'', ''Citizen Baines'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Leap of Faith'', and ''Breaking Bad''. She has served as producer for a number of episodes from ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Leap of Faith'', and ''Citizen Baines'', as well as executive story editor for five ''Friends'' episodes.
Lin joined the crew of the first season of ''Breaking Bad'' in 2008 as a writer and producer. She wrote the first-season episode "Gray Matter". The first season writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony.<ref name="WGA 08 Official">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3410|title=2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced|accessdate=2011-10-27|publisher=WGA|year=2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212052838/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3410|archivedate=2008-12-12}}</ref><ref name="Variety WGA 08">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997024|title=TV trio rack up WGA nominations|accessdate=2011-10-27|publisher=Variety|first=Dave|last=McNary| date=2008-12-08}}</ref> Lin was personally nominated for the WGA award for best episodic drama for writing "Gray Matter".<ref name="WGA 08 Official"/>
Her memoir focusing on her work in television, ''End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood'', was released August 29, 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/6306278/friends-patty-lin-end-credits/|title=Writing for 'Friends' Was No Dream Job|last=Lin|first=Patty|date=August 21, 2023|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Margaritoff |first1=Marco |title='Friends' Writer Says Stars Intentionally Ruined Jokes They Hated In 'Aggressive' Table Reads |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/friends-writer-says-stars-intentionally-ruined-jokes-they-hated-in-aggressive-table-reads_n_64e7627be4b0306c321b85f8 |access-date=August 24, 2023 |newspaper=HuffPost |date=August 24, 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0510937|name=Patty Lin}} {{Authority control}}
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