author
John McGreevey
1922–2010
A prolific American screenwriter, he helped shape the warm, family-centered tone of classic television and wrote hundreds of scripts across a career that lasted more than 50 years. He is especially remembered for his work on The Waltons and for stories that mixed everyday life with strong moral feeling.
4 Audiobooks
Perfect Companion
by John McGreevey
Venus Hate
by John McGreevey
The Prophetic Camera
by John McGreevey
The Brave Walk Alone
by John McGreevey
About the author
Born in Indiana in 1922, John McGreevey became one of television's most dependable writers, building a long career in both live TV and filmed series. Reliable sources identify him as an American writer and screenwriter whose credits included Lights Out, The Farmer's Daughter, and many other programs before and after his best-known work.
He is most closely associated with The Waltons, where his writing helped define the series' gentle, humane voice. The Television Academy notes that he won major honors during his career, including an Emmy, a Peabody, several Christopher Awards, and the Writers Guild's Paddy Chayefsky Award.
McGreevey died in Laguna Hills, California, in 2010 at the age of 87. His reputation rests on an unusually large body of television work and on stories remembered for their warmth, decency, and strong sense of family life.