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Patty Lin is an American author and former television screenwriter and producer. She is a graduate of Cornell University. Career. She has written episodes for the television series Friends, Freaks and Geeks, Martial Law, Citizen Baines, Desperate Housewives, Leap of Faith, and Breaking Bad.
Patty Lin is the author of End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood, a memoir about her years as a TV writer, which won a National Indie Excellence Award in 2024. Her credits include Freaks and Geeks, Friends, Desperate Housewives, and Breaking Bad.
Patty Lin is a writer and producer known for Freaks and Geeks (1999), Friends (1994), Desperate Housewives (2004), and Breaking Bad (2008). She has also written pilots for Fox, CBS, and Nickelodeon.
Aug 21, 2023 · Patty Lin's disillusionment with TV writing began at her first job—and only grew when she landed a gig on 'Friends.'
Sep 1, 2023 · It's an era that Patty Lin knows all too well. Between 1998 and 2008, the now-retired TV writer worked on some of that decade's defining shows, from Freaks and Geeks to Breaking Bad.
Aug 28, 2023 · As recounted in End Credits, Lin did quit Hollywood after her Breaking Bad experience, putting a period on a career that spanned a decade from 1998 to 2008 and included turbulent stints on such...
Aug 23, 2023 · Former TV writer Patty Lin says that while working on “Friends” would “remain my most recognizable credit,” it doesn’t mean she loved her time on the hit show.
