About me
Nadia Abass-Madden, a first-generation Lebanese-American, is an inaugural member of the WGA WEST’s Middle Eastern Writer’s Committee. She was most recently an Executive Story Editor on FOX’s 9-1-1 where she drew¬¬ from her expertise as a former 911 dispatcher, putting the drama and trauma on the page.
Nadia won Final Draft’s Big Break contest for her original pilot, Tongs of Chinatown. Her breakthrough moment, however, came when she was interviewed for a researcher position by the showrunner and co-creator of 9-1-1, Tim Minear. Nadia parlayed that meeting into a pitch – selling the idea in the room for a two-part episode – and was hired as Staff Writer shortly afterwards.
Before becoming a writer, Abass-Madden had a 20-year career as a police and fire dispatcher in Riverside County, CA. While working in law enforcement, Nadia also met her spouse – a future Homicide Captain – proving that all of her past is prologue for her current writing endeavors.