About

Meegan May is an AWGIE nominated writer for the screen, stage, and airwaves.

As a queer, neurodiverse artist living with chronic illness, Meegan is passionate about creating diverse characters in her work. She loves sci-fi, straddling the line between comedy and drama, and writing across different forms.

Her TV project VIEWERS, written during her MFA in screenwriting, was shortlisted in the Australian Writers’ Guild’s John Hinde Award and Final Draft’s Big Break Competition among others. Her recent scifi pilot WATCHME has found similar success in these contests in 2022.

A decorated ex-soldier and veteran of the Afghanistan conflict, Meegan spent nearly five years working in military intelligence. Her Army background inspired the drama script THE ANALYST which won the 2019 AWG’s Pathways McCraith House Writer’s Residency. The same year Meegan received support from VicScreen and SBS to develop the short-form series SEEKER.

Meegan has also worked extensively in development, including as Assistant Scripted Development Producer at Seven Studios, and as a writer’s assistant in over 30 writer’s rooms, including Amazon Prime’s DEADLOCH and Disney’s THE ARTFUL DODGER. She’s also worked as script coordinator on the SBS mini-series SAFE HOME, Stan’s ROMPER STOMPER, and hit ABC comedy FISK.

She now works regularly as a writer in TV writer’s rooms, and is the writer of the new Quinn Original audio series COMPROMISED, starring Victoria Pedretti (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Netflix’s You).