“The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief to experience a novel or a play or a movie through that male character.”

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.