Taylor Van Arsdale

Taylor Van Arsdale received her B.A. in Screenwriting magna cum laude from Loyola Marymount University while working concurrently in film development at HBO, Los Angeles. She then served two seasons as a script consultant for NBC Universal’s Writers on the Verge Diversity Workshop Program: facilitating the development of, overseeing content, and shepherding writers through script development. Her television writers have been staffed on shows: Cold Case, Burn Notice, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 2 Broke Girl$, and Dark Skies. As a screenwriting instructor for Loyola Marymount University her students include The Austin Film Festival Best Comedy Screenplay Winner (2004), the Thrills & Chills Horror Winner (2005), and a Nicholls Semi-Finalist (2005). She then devoted 10 years to the field of journalism (Santa Monica Daily Press, The Malibu Times, Malibu Magazine, Creative Screenwriting Magazine and Cheapism.com). She has penned original screen works and adaptations, including a commission of the New York Times Bestseller A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. Her debut creative narrative non-fiction, Cocaine to Bain: Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Inside Story of the Hollywood Guitar Center, is the recipient of two book awards, and her short story “The Dining Needle,” is a finalist in Onyx Publications Fall Edition Contest 2022, long listed in the Pigeon Review, and Highly Commended in the Letter Review. A Long Island native, she now resides in Meridian, Idaho with her fiancé and their wily rescue, Mr. Snugs.