Maya Perez is a writer and producer. Her work has appeared in The Masters Review, Electric Literature, and Misadventures, and she is co-editor of the books On Story: Screenwriters and Their Craft and the upcoming On Story: Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films, both from University of Texas Press. Maya is also a producer for the television series On Story: Presented by Austin Film Festival, now in its sixth season on PBS. She is a former Sundance Screenwriters Intensive Fellow, New York Stage & Film Emerging Filmmaker, was named one of MovieMaker and Austin Film Festival's "25 Screenwriters to Watch" for 2016, and currently serves on Sundance's Feature Film Program's Alumni Diversity Outreach Committee. Maya is a graduate of Vassar College and the Michener Center for Writers.