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Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates Sam Shaw, Lila Byock, Mark Lafferty, and Vinnie Wilhelm create, write, and produce award-winning television in Hollywood, using the lessons in storytelling and collaboration they honed at the University of Iowa. Watch a conversation among these screenwriters behind acclaimed television series such as WGN America’s Manhattan, Hulu’s Castle Rock, and HBO’s Watchmen.

Learn more: magazine.foriowa.org/writers-room-feature.php