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