Alissa Nutting is a creator, showrunner, screenwriter, executive producer and author. Nutting is known for her work on “Made For Love”, the Max series she created and adapted from her New York Time’s Editors Choice novel of the same name. Nutting served as showrunner, executive producer, and writer on "Made for Love". 

She most recently co-created “Teenage Euthanasia” alongside Alyson Levy. The critically acclaimed, animated comedy series premiered its second season this summer on Adult Swim and Max. Set in near-future inland Florida at Tender Endings family-run funeral home, “Teenage Euthanasia” explores themes of family, life, death, unplanned parenthood, multi-generational mother-daughter connection, and redemption. The voice cast includes Maria Bamford, Jo Firestone, Bebe Neuwirth, and Tim Robinson.

She currently has projects in the works with studios including Wiip, Anonymous Content, Fifth Season, Paramount, Berlanti Productions, and Tomorrow Studios. 

Nutting is author of the short story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls and the novel Tampa. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Norton Introduction to Literature, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Tin House, and others.

Nutting received a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama, and a PhD from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.