Maisha Closson

Creator Context

Summary

Television writer and showrunner with credits on series including How to Get Away with Murder, Claws, and Truth Be Told. She has publicly discussed navigating Hollywood as a Black woman, tokenism in writers' rooms, and the need for authentic Black female stories. She participated in a 2025 panel framing media representation of Black women as central to reproductive justice and narrative power for autonomy and cultural change.