Maura Penders

Maura Penders
OccupationTelevision soap opera writer
NationalityAmerican

Maura Penders is an American television soap opera writer.

Positions held

Another World

  • Associate Head Writer (1998– June 25, 1999)
  • Script Writer (1998)

Days of Our Lives (hired by Anne Howard Bailey, then by Tom Langan)

  • Associate Head Writer (1989–1997, 2000–2002)
  • Occasional Script Writer (1989–1997, 2000–2002)

Guiding Light

  • Associate Writer (2000)

Port Charles

  • Associate Head Writer (1997)

Ryan's Hope

  • Script Writer (1984–1986)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

  • Nomination, 1994 and 1997, Best Writing, Days of our Lives

Writers Guild of America Award

  • Nomination, 1991 and 1993, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
  • Nomination, 1986, Best Writing, Ryan's Hope