Patty Lin is an American

United States

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 television

Television

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 screenwriter and producer. She is a graduate of Cornell University

Cornell University

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She has written episodes for the television series Friends

Friends

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, Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks

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, Martial Law

Martial Law (TV series)

Martial Law was a TV crime drama that ran on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US.The show was a...

, Citizen Baines http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Citizen+Baines%22&vc=&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fp_ip=CA, Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

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, Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith (TV series)

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and Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

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She has served as producer for a number of episodes from Desperate Housewives, Leap of Faith and Citizen Baines, as well as Executive Story Editor

Story editor

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 for five Friends episodes.

Lin joined the crew of the first season

Breaking Bad (season 1)

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 of Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

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in 2008 as a writer and producer. She wrote the first season episode "Gray Matter". The first season writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award

Writers Guild of America Award

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 for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony

Writers Guild of America Awards 2008

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. Lin was personally nominated for the WGA award for best episodic drama for writing "Gray Matter".