“One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors know each other and cling to each other for safety and support, and it's really a completely different vibe than the men experience out here, where they're all trying to murder each other.”

American writer and producer

Diablo Cody is the pen name of Brook Maurio, an American writer and producer. She came to wider attention through her candid blog and her memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper, published in 2005. Cody became especially well known for her screenwriting debut, Juno, released in 2007. The film brought her critical acclaim and earned her both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.