KAREN KICAK (formerly MOORE) is a television writer, filmmaker, & essayist. She was the Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, and Writer on the 7th season of the International Emmy-Nominated NETFLIX/CBC comedy series Workin’ Moms, created by and starring Catherine Reitman. She was a Co-Executive Producer and Writer on previous seasons, having written 11 episodes of the hit series. Other TV writing and producing credits include the one-hour drama Mary Kills People (Lifetime), the award-winning family series Detention Adventure (HBO Max/CBC), and one-hour procedural Rookie Blue (ABC).

Karen’s directorial debut short film, Volcano, had its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for Best International Short at Palm Springs Shortfest 2020. She is the Writer and Co-Producer of the dark comedy short, Must Kill Karl (Dir: Joe Kicak, Austin Film Festival ‘18). The film won Best Comedy at HollyShorts Film Festival (2018) and was featured on Short of the Week. She wrote the Bravo-funded short drama Your Place or Mine and the award-winning short Frozen Marbles.

Karen’s personal essays have been published in the The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan UK, Glamour Magazine, The Kit, The Toronto Star, & The Globe and Mail.

All things considered, she’s pretty good for being a Karen.

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