“My parents were 30 years older than I was, and my parents had my brother and I ten years apart. My parents grew up in segregation, and they both lived in all-black neighborhoods and grew up with large black families. I didn't have any of that, and I didn't understand feeling so differently and being treated so differently.”

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.