Donna Swajeski is an American writer known for her work on television
soap operas. She has been a head writer, a co-head writer and a breakdown writer on award-winning daytime dramas for
NBC Daytime,
ABC Daytime and
CBS Daytime. Before beginning her writing career on daytime dramas, she was Director of the East Coast Daytime Programs for
NBC.
Awards and nominations
As co-head writer for
Guiding Light, Swajeski and her team won the 2007
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing. The show was also recognized as the 2007 Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series. She is also a winner of a
Writers Guild of America Award for best Daytime writing, also for Guiding Light. She is currently working with children at the Delaware Children's Theater.[1] She is a director, producer and actress.
Co-
Head writer of
Guiding Light (with Ellen Weston: September 15, 2003–July 5, 2004) (with
David Kreizman: July 6, 2004–February 29, 2008) September 15, 2003 - February 29, 2008