List of The Simpsons writers

Part of the writing staff of The Simpsons in 1992. Back row, left to right: Mike Mendel, Colin ABV Lewis (partial), Jeff Goldstein, Al Jean (partial), Conan O'Brien, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Mike Reiss, Ken Tsumara, George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti (partial), CJ Gibson and David M. Stern. Front row, left to right: Dee Capelli, Lona Williams and Unknown.

The following is a list of writers who have worked on the FOX animated television series The Simpsons in the order of first credited episode (by broadcast). As of April 24, 2016, 119 people have been credited with writing or co-writing at least one episode of The Simpsons.

List of writers

#	Writer	Number written	Duration	Seasons	Notes
1	Pond, MimiMimi Pond	1	1989	1
2	Vitti, JonJon Vitti	25	1990–94, 2002, 2004	1–7, 13, 15–16
3	Kogen, JayJay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	10	1990–93	1–4
4	Jean, AlAl Jean	19	1990–92, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001–02, 2014–15	1–4, 6, 8–12, 26	Includes ten episodes co-written with Mike Reiss and one with David Mirkin
5	Reiss, MikeMike Reiss	10	1990–92, 1995, 1997	1–4, 6, 8	All episodes co-written with Al Jean
6	Swartzwelder, JohnJohn Swartzwelder	59	1990–2003	1–15
7	Simon, SamSam Simon	6	1990–92	1–4
8	Groening, MattMatt Groening	4	1990, 1992, 1996	1, 3, 7
9	Meyer, GeorgeGeorge Meyer	12	1990–93, 1999–2001	1–5, 10–11, 13
10	Stern, David M.David M. Stern	8	1990–93, 1999	2–4, 10
11	Levine, KenKen Levine & David Isaacs	2	1990–91	2–3
12	Martin, JeffJeff Martin	11	1990–93, 2016	2–5, 27
13	Scovell, NellNell Scovell	1	1991	2
14	Pepoon, SteveSteve Pepoon	1	1991	2
15	Roberts, Brian K.Brian K. Roberts	1	1991	2
16	Gewirtz, HowardHoward Gewirtz	1	1991	3
17	Cohen, RobertRobert Cohen	1	1991	3
18	Chastain, ThomasThomas Chastain	1	1992	3	Story only
19	Oakley, BillBill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	12	1992–95	4–7
20	O'Brien, ConanConan O'Brien	4	1992–93	4–5
21	Apple, GaryGary Apple & Michael Carrington	1	1992	4
22	Mula, FrankFrank Mula	3	1993, 2000	4–5, 11
22	Lapidus, Adam I.Adam I. Lapidus	1	1993	4
23	Daniels, GregGreg Daniels	8	1993–96	5–7	Includes two co-written with Dan McGrath
24	McGrath, DanDan McGrath	4	1993–94	5–6	Includes two co-written with Greg Daniels
25	Canterbury, BillBill Canterbury	2	1993	5
26	Mirkin, DavidDavid Mirkin	2	1994, 2015	5, 26	Includes one co-written with Al Jean
27	Richardson, DavidDavid Richardson	1	1994	5
28	Richdale, JaceJace Richdale	1	1994	5
29	Scully, MikeMike Scully	12	1994–97, 1999–2002	6–14
30	Kushell, BobBob Kushell	2	1994–96	6–7
31	Cohen, David S.David S. Cohen	13	1994–98	6–10
32	Collier, JonathanJonathan Collier	6	1994–97	6–9
33	Sacks, DavidDavid Sacks	1	1994–95	6–7
34	Crittenden, JenniferJennifer Crittenden	5	1995–97	6–8
35	Forrester, BrentBrent Forrester	4	1995–96	6–7
36	Keeler, KenKen Keeler	7	1995–97	6–9
37	Sternin, JoshuaJoshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia	2	1995, 1998	6, 9
38	Tompkins, SteveSteve Tompkins	4	1995–97	7–9
39	Greaney, DanDan Greaney	16	1995–2000, 2003–05, 2010, 2014–15	7–11, 14–15, 17, 21, 25, 27	Includes four co-written with Allen Glazier and one with Donick Cary
40	Appel, RichardRichard Appel	7	1995–98	7–10
41	Feresten, SpikeSpike Feresten	1	1995	7
42	Barth, JackJack Barth	1	1996	7
43	Pulido, RachelRachel Pulido	2	1996–97	7–8
44	Maxtone-Graham, IanIan Maxtone-Graham	22	1996–2014	8–18, 20–25	Includes eight co-written with Billy Kimball
45	Young, SteveSteve Young	1	1996	8
46	Harrison, ReidReid Harrison	2	1997, 2008	8, 19
47	Hauge, RonRon Hauge	7	1997–2000	8–11
48	Cary, DonickDonick Cary	7	1997–2000	8–11	Includes one co-written with Dan Greaney
49	Goldreyer, NedNed Goldreyer	2	1997–98	9
50	O'Donnell, SteveSteve O'Donnell	2	1998	9
51	Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle	7	1998–2001	9–12
52	Scully, BrianBrian Scully	3	1998–99	9–10
53	Selman, MattMatt Selman	25	1998–2009, 2011–15	9–14, 16–19, 21–24, 26
54	O'Brien, JaneJane O'Brien	1	1998	10
55	Martin, TomTom Martin	3	1999, 2001	10–12
56	Long, TimTim Long	26	1999–2015	10–14, 16–18, 20–26
57	Thacker, JulieJulie Thacker	3	1999–2001	10–12
58	Omine, CarolynCarolyn Omine	19	2000–12, 2014–16	11–16, 18–19, 21–27	Includes three co-written with William Wright
59	Castellaneta, DanDan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta	7	2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010–11	11, 13, 15, 17, 22–23
60	LaZebnik, RobRob LaZebnik	12	2000, 2009–16	12, 20–27
61	Frink, JohnJohn Frink	26	2000–05, 2007–16	12–15, 17–27	Includes nine co-written with Don Payne
62	Payne, DonDon Payne	18	2000–10, 2013	12–21, 25	Includes nine co-written with John Frink and two with Mitchell H. Glazer
63	Bendetson, BobBob Bendetson	2	2001–02	12–13
64	Cohen, Joel H.Joel H. Cohen	24	2001–16	13–20, 22, 24–27
65	Gould, DanaDana Gould	7	2001–03, 2005–07	13–17, 19
66	Freiberger, BillBill Freiberger	1	2001	13
67	Kreisberg, AndrewAndrew Kreisberg	2	2002–03	13–14
68	Warburton, MattMatt Warburton	11	2002–08, 2010–12	13–16, 18–23
69	Wilmore, MarcMarc Wilmore	12	2002–03, 2005–09, 2012–13, 2015	14, 16–17, 19–20, 23, 25–26
70	Kelley, BrianBrian Kelley	12	2002–04, 2009–16	14–15, 20–22, 24–27	Includes one co-written with David Mandel
71	Curran, KevinKevin Curran	11	2002–10, 2014	14–18, 20–22, 25
72	Pollack, BrianBrian Pollack & Mert Rich	1	2002	14
73	Snee, DennisDennis Snee	1	2002	14
74	Boushell, NeilNeil Boushell & Sam O'Neal	1	2003	14
75	Glazier, AllenAllen Glazier	4	2003–04, 2010, 2014	14–15, 21, 25	All co-written with Dan Greaney
76	Burns, J. StewartJ. Stewart Burns	17	2003–07, 2009, 2011–16	14–20, 23–27
77	Price, MichaelMichael Price	19	2003, 2005–10, 2012–16	15–27
78	Stein, Robin J.Robin J. Stein	1	2004	15
79	Chambers, JulieJulie Chambers & David Chambers	1	2004	15
80	Odenkirk, BillBill Odenkirk	10	2004–08, 2010–14	16, 18–22, 24, 26
81	Westbrook, JeffJeff Westbrook	13	2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–15	16–23, 25–26
82	Verrone, PatricPatric Verrone	1	2005	17
83	Chun, DanielDaniel Chun	6	2005–09	17–19, 21
84	Gillis, StephanieStephanie Gillis	10	2005, 2007–2015	17, 19–27
85	Gaffney, PeterPeter Gaffney	2	2006, 2011	18, 22	Includes one co-written with Steve Viksten
86	Kimball, BillyBilly Kimball	9	2007–14	18–25	All but one co-written with Ian Maxtone-Graham
87	Kelly, MickMick Kelly	1	2007	19
88	William Wright	3	2008, 2010, 2014	19, 21, 26	All co-written with Carolyn Omine
89	Marshall, MattMatt Marshall	1	2009	20
90	Garza, Valentina L.Valentina L. Garza	4	2009–10, 2013–14	20, 22, 24, 26
91	Hay, BrendanBrendan Hay	1	2009	20
92	Goldberg, EvanEvan Goldberg & Seth Rogen	1	2009	21
93	Glazer, Mitchell H.Mitchell H. Glazer	2	2010, 2013	21, 25	Both co-written with Don Payne
94	Nobori, MichaelMichael Nobori	2	2010, 2013	21, 25
95	Cluess, ChrisChris Cluess	1	2010	22
96	Blasucci, DickDick Blasucci	1	2011	22
97	Viksten, SteveSteve Viksten	1	2011	22	Co-written with Peter Gaffney
98	Hurwitz, JustinJustin Hurwitz	1	2011	23
99	Vebber, DanDan Vebber	2	2011, 2016	23, 27
100	Joseph, BenBen Joseph	1	2012	23
101	Mandel, DavidDavid Mandel	1	2012	24	Co-written with Brian Kelley
102	Gammill, TomTom Gammill & Max Pross	1	2013	24
103	McConnachie, BrianBrian McConnachie	1	2013	24
104	Kaplan, EricEric Kaplan	1	2013	24
105	Steinberg, David H.David H. Steinberg	1	2014	25
106	Apatow, JuddJudd Apatow	1	2015	26
107	Campbell, NeilNeil Campbell	1	2015	26
108	Ferris, MichaelMichael Ferris	1	2015	27

Timeline of producers and show runners

References

• Simpsons Archive