Liz Tigelaar
Liz Tigelaar
Creator of the new CW hit series Life Unexpected
Liz grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended high school in Guilford, Connecticut before earning her undergraduate degree from Ithaca College. She got her start right out of college as an assistant on Dawson’s Creek and ended up assisting and being mentored by Winnie Holzman, while working on Once & Again and Wicked.
Liz got her first staffing job on American Dreams, a 60s family drama, and she went on to write for television shows such as What about Brian, Dirty Sexy Money, and Brothers and Sisters.
She’s also written numerous young adult novels, including a series called Pretty Tough, which is being adapted as a web series.
Liz recently created Life Unexpected, a coming of age story about two thirty-somethings, Cate and Baze, who need to grow up and their daughter, Lux, who they gave up at birth. When Lux gets put back into their custody, she unexpectedly gets the family she’s always dreamed of. This show premiered on January 18, 2010.
"If you want to watch a family show that has humor and heart, I just think this is it. I'm trying to write in the vein of shows that I admire and I would say My So-Called Life, Friday Night Lights and American Dreams are the shows that, to me, make me feel something. If people want to watch a show that will hopefully make them feel something, I hope they will tune in. It's a total coming-of-age story; it's just the grown-ups that have to come of age."
Interview with Liz Tigelaar.