Peter Nowalk
American screenwriter and producer

Peter Nowalk

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American screenwriter and producer
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(Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, U.S.A.)
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Peter Nowalk is an American television writer and producer.

Nowalk was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and attended Brown University. He co-wrote The Hollywood Assistants Handbook, published by Workman Books in 2008. In same year he began working in the Shonda Rhimes medical drama series, Grey's Anatomy as recurring writer and later executive story editor and supervising producer. He is also co-executive producer of Scandal. Nowalk wrote "Everything's Coming Up Mellie", the seventh episode of the third season of Scandal in 2013.

Nowalk is the creator and executive producer of the ABC drama series, How to Get Away with Murder produced by ShondaLand.

Nowalk has stated that he is gay.

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  • Grey's Anatomy (2008-2013, writer - 11 episodes, story editor - 40 episodes, supervising producer/producer - 69 episodes)
  • Scandal (2013–present, co-executive producer, writer - Episode "Everything's Coming Up Mellie")
  • How to Get Away with Murder (2014–present, executive producer, creator, showrunner)