Tracy Chutorian Semler is a playwright and journalist. She has written five plays, including KIN, which has been optioned for commercial production by Zuckerberg Media and is currently in development in association with the Ebony Repertory Theater in Los Angeles.

Tracy has had a successful and diverse writing career. She co-created and produced the podcast “Raising Fame” hosted by the parents of NBA superstar Stephen Curry, which reached #1 on Apple’s ranking of kids and family podcasts in 2020 and has been signed by Warner Bothers for development as a TV series hosted by the mothers of Curry and Shaquille O’Neal. Tracy wrote the short film “Playing With Matches,” directed by Neil Leifer and starring Dominic Chianese of the Sopranos, and she executive produced the Netflix film “Found” directed by Amanda Lipitz.

Tracy wrote and produced over 2,000 stories for CBS Network television with a focus on anchor specials, health and women’s issues, and she covered major international news stories as diverse as refugee crises in the middle east, Olympics coverage, international AIDS conferences and much more. She created and wrote CBS Healthline, the first nationally televised call-in health information service. Tracy later served as executive editor of a monthly national newsletter, and created and wrote thousand-page websites for Rosie O’Donnell and for ATT.

Tracy is the author or co-author of three books of nonfiction: “All About Eve, The Complete Guide to Women’s Health and Well-Being,” published by HarperCollins and in a second edition by Rutledge Hill Press; “Bosom Buddies, Lessons and Laughter on Breast Health and Cancer,” co-authored with comedienne Rosie O’Donnell and Deborah Axelrod MD and published by Warner Books; and she was the collaborative ghost author of the bestseller “Successful Aging,” with Drs. John Rowe and Robert Kahn. Tracy penned a monthly column for Rosie magazine and wrote articles for a variety of publications including The Chicago Tribune, the Encyclopedia Brittanica Medical Section, Glamour, Women’s Day, MSNBC.com and others.

Tracy received her BA in English Literature from Yale University and her MFA in the writing program at Columbia University. She is a trustee of Carnegie Hall and is on the board of advisors of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.