Karen Hall grew up in Virginia and attended the College of William and Mary. She has written for and produced many of the most acclaimed television shows of the 1980s and 1990s and received Emmy Award nominations for her work on M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Moonlighting, and The Women of Brewster Place. Ms. Hall has also been a creative consultant on Roseanne and Grace Under Fire and written for I'll Fly Away and Northern Exposure. She lives in Los Angeles and Atlanta.