Megan Karasch grew up in a typical
Valley Jewish home – mother was a
teacher, father a doctor, they
frequented the local deli, and they only
celebrated the religion three times a
year. Megan went to college at the
prestigious party school UCSB, but
emerged from the weed smoke and beer
scent an educated woman with big dreams
but only one direction.
Fortunately, Megan was able to stave off
her inevitable law career (remember the
Jewish parents) by working in a creative
capacity at an entertainment news TV
show. Although she found this to be an
enjoyable and exciting experience
learning the ropes of television
production, content-wise it was not an
exact fit. Eventually, Megan answered
her parents’ calling, went to law school
and became a lawyer. However, from the
day she first stepped foot in a firm,
Megan felt like she was stuck in someone
else’s existence (and an unfulfilling
one at that). Therefore, in 2007, Megan
started to change course by writing
stories for a Los Angeles lifestyle e-zine.
A few years after that, still practicing
the law (those damn bills show up every
month, like clockwork!), she published
her first novel, Tales from my Hard
Drive. And two years later, her second
novel, Chaperones.
Absolutely enamored of this life as a
writer, which fit her better than any
Prada item ever could, Megan began
writing screenplays. Since just last
year, Megan is grateful to have won the
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition,
been a finalist in the Page Awards, and
had two scripts place in the top 10% of
the Austin Film Festival. Having
received these accolades for her work,
among others, Megan looks forward to
continuing her life as a screenwriter
and to watching her words on the page
become conversations on the screen.
Megan currently resides in Los Angeles
and when she's not writing or lawyering,
she's spending time with her beloved
family and friends, catering to her
cat’s demands, cheering on the Los
Angeles Kings (and with that, jeering
the Anaheim Ducks), critically watching
television shows and films, reading,
sampling new restaurants (with an
emphasis on the dessert course), playing
tennis with the grace of a circus clown
and rocking out on the drums.