Vera Miao

About

Guam-American screenwriter, actor, and producer who has appeared in Bones, NCIS, and who created Two Sentence Horror Stories. 

Before Fame

She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College, where she majored in women's studies. She attended the Atlantic Theater Company's Professional Conservatory program, founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and writing.

Trivia

She got the inspiration for Two Sentence Horror Stories off of a Reddit thread. Before pursuing acting as a career, she was heavily involved in political activism, where she focused on the nonprofit side of social justice. 

Family Life

She was born in Tamuning, Guam and emigrated to the U.S. with her parents, landing in New York City.

Associated With

She is one of the writers for the series Expats, starring Nicole Kidman, Jack Huston, and Brian Tee.