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Leah Laiman (b. August 29 , 1946 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) is an American Soap Opera writer and Romance Novelist . BACKGROUND This Emmy Award winning writer got her start on daytime during the early 1980s when General Hospital's headwriter, Pat Falken Smith, walked off the show with the entire writing team. Aiming for more control, the producer, Gloria Monty, decided to replace Falken Smith et al with daytime novices and hired Laiman, along with novelist Thom Racina . The pair began working on the show during its heyday, leading up to Luke and Laura's widely publicized wedding, which famously included Elizabeth Taylor at her own request. After three years on GH, Laiman followed Racina to '' Days Of Our Lives '' to work with Sheri Anderson where the three wrote Bo and Hope’s marriage in England, co-created the character of Steve "Patch" Johnson and introduced the character of John Black . In 1986, Laiman became head writer and created the character of Jack Deveraux and developed the popular romance of Steve Johnson And Kayla Brady . After ''Days of Our Lives,'' Laiman moved to ''One Life to Live,'' where she stayed as staff writer from 1990 through 1997 and served as head writer from 1990 to 1991 and then again from 1996 to 1997. In 1998, she took a job at the ailing NBC soap '' Another World ''. She and executive producer Christopher Goutman were credited by some with improving the show, but ultimately the show was cancelled in June 1999. Her next job was at '' As The World Turns .'' Behind the scenes conditions quickly deteriorated when Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin , Executive in Charge of Production for ''As the World Turns'', pressured Laiman to write many storylines that she didn’t want to write. In 2000, Laiman left ''As the World Turns'' and turned to writing novels for five years. Laiman was rehired on ''As the World Turns'' in 2005 as an associate head writer. POSITIONS HELD '' Another World ''
'' As The World Turns ''
'' Days Of Our Lives ''
'' General Hospital ''
'' Guiding Light ''
'' One Life To Live ''
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Daytime Emmy Awards
Writers Guild Of America Award NOMINATIONS
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