Bio - Sherri McGee McCovey "Writing, Producing & Inspiring"

There are few places on the media and entertainment map that author, journalist, television writer, screenwriter, and producer Sherri McGee McCovey hasn’t conquered. A Los Angeles native, McGee McCovey’s professional career began as a Manager for American Airlines before stepping out on faith and pursuing her creative dreams. As a freelance journalist first, her byline has appeared on the pages of such top magazines as InStyle, Black Enterprise, Heart & Soul, Upscale, Jewel, and Latina. She is also a regular contributor to Essence. Over the course of her ten-year career, she’s interviewed countless A-List celebrities including: Oliver Stone, Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Vivica Fox, and Queen Latifah.

On the television front, McGee McCovey has served as a Creative Executive, Coordinating Producer, and Writer on Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. Chance, the Oxygen Network’s highly-rated full-figured reality beauty pageant starring her creative collaborator, Queens of Comedy comedienne, Mo’Nique. When the show premiered in 2005, it quickly became the highest-rated special in the history of the cable network and was nominated for a NAACP Image Award. The show is now one of the network’s most anticipated brands.

Before writing and producing full-time, McGee McCovey honed her writing and entertainment skills as the indispensable assistant to Sara Finney-Johnson, Creator and Executive Producer of the UPN hit comedy, The Parkers. McGee McCovey’s first television pitch was so funny it became the series’ premiere episode. Two years later, she made her network writing debut with an episode entitled, "Take the Cookies and Run," one of the show’s highest-rated episodes.

While at The Parkers McGee McCovey struck up a friendship with the show’s star which led to writing her first book, the 2003 New York Times bestseller, Skinny Women Are Evil. Published by Atria, a division of Simon & Schuster, the book became an instant success, reaching the #1 spot on Essence magazine’s bestseller list. The duo’s second book, Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted, will be published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins, in November 2006.

In 2004, McGee McCovey accomplished another milestone co-writing the comedienne’s independent feature, Hair Show, which was nominated for a BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Writing. She has also written programming for the TV-One network, and is developing and producing other television, film and stage projects, including a standup comedy special shot on-location at the maximum security Ohio Reformatory

for Women. Other projects include a one-woman stage show, and the feature film, Dow Jones.

McGee McCovey’s other production credits include: Assistant on the 20th Century Fox film, Doctor Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy; Associate Music Producer on The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show; Publicist for Fox Family Channel; and Travel Manager/Production Assistant on Rolonda and Tempestt daytime talk shows. She’s worked as a Research Assistant to the late Roots author, Alex Haley, and has also written for Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned a degree in English and Communications.

A child of parents who served in the United States Air Force, McGee McCovey has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, and lived in the Philippine Islands. She is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America, West, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the Spelman College Alumnae Association. She believes in giving back and shares her knowledge of the entertainment industry with students, and at writer’s symposiums. She also contributes to numerous charities including Crystal Stairs, Jenesse Center, and the American Diabetes Association.

In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and playing Scrabble with her husband Anthony.

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