“My dad was very, very invested in image. He felt that as a black person, the thing you could control was how did you look, how did you dress, how did you sound, how did you smell, how did you act. All of that stuff that you could control would absolutely have a strong impact on your access.”

American television writer and producer

Courtney A. Kemp is an American television writer and producer. She created the 2014 Starz franchise Power Universe and has written for series including The Good Wife and Beauty & the Beast. Her work is centered on television drama, especially through writing and producing for widely watched series. She is best known for building Power Universe, while her earlier credits show a career shaped by network television storytelling.