The Writing Team

Amy Thorstenson is the showrunner and head writer of Dear Earth, I’m Really Sorry. But she didn’t write the show alone! She brought 7 other playwrights, screenwriters and TV writers on board.

Erin Austin

Erin Austin is a writer and director whose plays has been produced nationwide, most recently with Tellin' Tales Theatre, Bare Productions, Greenhouse Theater, and the Chicago Lyric Opera. She also writes award-winning games and digital learning, focusing on diversity and inclusion.

Shannon Pritchard

Shannon Pritchard is a Chicago-based playwright whose work has been produced by Jackalope Theatre, TimeLine, Chicago Dramatists, The Second City, A Red Orchid Theater, and Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Her play “The County Hell” was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Playwrighting Conference.

Dusty Wilson

Dusty Wilson is a playwright whose work has been produced in Chicago, New York City, and London and has most recently worked as a script consultant for Rem Alternis Productions. He is also the co-host of the podcast "Gadfly," an American history podcast about third party politics.

Amy Carver

Amy Carver was a 2021 Hollywood Black List finalist and her script, “Helen’s Dead,” is currently in production with Stoked Film Group. Amy also created and produced "The Host," a scripted science-fiction podcast, and haswritten for the Parcast Original Series "Unexplained Mysteries."

Liana Snyder

Liana Snyder is a screenwriter with a background in creative development and a penchant for weird comedy. Her recent projects include Austin Film Festival 2nd Rounder pilot "Vermonster" and rubber ducky horror-comedy short "You’re The One."

Taylor Cleland

Taylor Cleland was a staff writer on the Amazon Original sci-fi webseries "Personal Space" and wrote for the Parcast Podcast Network. They were recently admitted to Clarion West’s Novella Bootcamp and Odyssey’s World Building for Science Fiction & Fantasy masterclasses.

Jake Disch

Jake Disch grew up in Wisconsin, where he attended the high school alma mater of Ric "Nature Boy" Flair, dreaming of someday becoming its second-most notable alumnus. His spec screenplay “Gunfight,” a satire about the origins of the modern NRA, was named to the annual Black List in 2018; he is represented by Linne Radmin at The Radmin Company.