Jenn Kao

"Hey, #Wonderland is back on tonight. I know, we're excited too!"

- Jenn Kao src

Jenn Kao is a writer of ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Biography
Jenn Kao has a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing from the University of California. She was selected for the Fox Writers Workshop and was a finalist for NBC Writers on the Verge, a 12-week training program focused on polishing writers and readying them for a screenwriter position on a television series. In 2004, she directed the short film Outside, which premiered on Showtime and was screened at Palm Springs and LACMA's Young Directors Night. The film earned her a DGA Student Film Award and Best Sci-Fi Film at the San Diego ComicCon.

In 2012, she worked as a story editor on the drama series Leverage. She also wrote three episodes of the series. In 2013, she joined the crew of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as a screenwriter and story editor. From 2015 to 2017, she served as a co-producer and story editor on the fantasy police procedural comedy-drama Lucifer, which she also penned two episodes of.

Kao lives in Los Feliz with her husband, filmmaker Aleem Hossain. They have one son together.