# Patty Lin

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{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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 | birth_place = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S.
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 | alma_mater = [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University)
 | occupation  = Author, [Television writer](/source/Screenwriter) and [producer](/source/Television_producer)
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 | notableworks = ''[Breaking Bad](/source/Breaking_Bad)'', ''[Desperate Housewives](/source/Desperate_Housewives)'', ''[Friends](/source/Friends)'', ''[Freaks and Geeks](/source/Freaks_and_Geeks)''
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}}'''Patty Lin''' is an American author and former [television](/source/television) screenwriter and producer.  She is a graduate of [Cornell University](/source/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](/source/Friends)'', ''[Freaks and Geeks](/source/Freaks_and_Geeks)'', ''[Martial Law](/source/Martial_Law_(TV_series))'', ''[Citizen Baines](/source/Citizen_Baines)'', ''[Desperate Housewives](/source/Desperate_Housewives)'', ''[Leap of Faith](/source/Leap_of_Faith_(TV_series))'', and ''[Breaking Bad](/source/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](/source/Story_editor) for five ''Friends'' episodes.

Lin joined the crew of the [first season](/source/Breaking_Bad_(season_1)) of ''[Breaking Bad](/source/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](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award) for best new series at the [February 2009 ceremony](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2008).<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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0510937|name=Patty Lin}}
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