Carmiel Banasky

Editor-in-Chief for Good Energy

Carmiel Banasky is an award-winning short-story writer, novelist, and TV writer, staffing on Amazon’s Undone. She recently created a sci-fi podcast series for Wondery starring Rhea Seehorn, and she is adapting a feminist fantasy novel for TV. She also co-wrote a short film starring Margaret Cho, which she is developing into a feature, and she is a Film Independent Fellow. She had the opportunity to explore the Arctic on a sailing vessel, studying and writing about climate change. As Head Writer and consultant for the non-profit Good Energy, she helps screenwriters integrate climate into any project with joy and humor.

Prior to Los Angeles, Carmiel spent four years on the road at writing fellowships, and she once tried her damndest to open a Planned Parenthood in Mississippi. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel, The Suicide of Claire Bishop. Other writing has appeared, among other places, in The Guardian, LA Review of Books, and on NPR. She earned her MFA from Hunter College, where she was a professor of creative writing.