Krista Vernoff served as the head writer and as an executive producer of Grey's Anatomy until the end of season seven. She also wrote several episodes of both shows. On April 28, 2017, she announced that she'd be returning to Grey's Anatomy for season fourteen as showrunner and writer.
Biography
Vernoff originally intended to be an actor, as she trained to be one in the Boston University College of Fine Arts, but she later chose writing as her career.
Career
Producer
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits (short) (2016)
- Shameless (2013-2016)
- Stars (short) (2015)
- Studio City (2015)
- Songbyrd (2014)
- Private Practice (2011-2013)
- Rita (2013)
- Grace (2011)
- Grey's Anatomy (2005-2011)
- Grey's Anatomy: Come Rain or Shine (2007)
- Grey's Anatomy: Every Moment Counts (2007)
- Grey's Anatomy: Complications of the Heart (2006)
- Introducing Lennie Rose (2006)
- Grey's Anatomy: Under Pressure (2006)
- Grey's Anatomy: Straight to the Heart (2006)
- Wonderfalls (2004)
- Charmed (2002-2003)
Writer
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits (short) (2016)
- Shameless (2013-2016)
- Stars (short) (2015)
- Studio City (2015)
- Songbyrd (2014)
- Rita (2013)
- Grace (2011)
- Private Practice (2009-2011)
- Grey's Anatomy (2005-2011, 2017-)
- Introducing Lennie Rose (2006)
- Wonderfalls (2004)
- Charmed (2000-2003)
- Law & Order (1999)
- Time of Your Life (1999)
Written Episodes
Grey's Anatomy
Season 1
Season 2
- Make Me Lose Control
- Into You Like a Train
- Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
- Yesterday (co-written with Mimi Schmir)
Season 3
Season 4
- Haunt You Every Day
- Crash Into Me, Part 1 (co-written with Shonda Rhimes)
- Crash Into Me, Part 2 (co-written with Shonda Rhimes)
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Private Practice
Season 2
- Ex-Life (co-written with Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner and Debora Cahn)
Season 3
- Another Second Chance (co-written with Kathy McCormick)
Season 4
Season 5
Notes and Trivia
- She is credited with the coinage of the phrase Seriously in the Grey's Anatomy writers' room.