Harriet Reisen

screenwriter

Harriet Reisen is a former fellow in screenwriting at the American Film Institute, Reisen has written dramatic and historical documentary scripts for PBS and HBO, and radio commentary for *Morning Edition* and *Marketplace*. She has been interested in Louisa May Alcott since her childhood marathon reading of Alcott's eight young adult novels. She has written a documentary of the life of Louisa May Alcott to be aired on PBS, for which *Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women* is a companion biography.