Dr. Lara Ameen

Dr. Lara Ameen is a novelist, screenwriter, educator, and consultant specializing in disability and LGBTQ+ representation. She holds a PhD in education with an emphasis in disability studies from Chapman University and an MFA in screenwriting from California State University, Northridge. Her work centers on inclusive storytelling across fiction, screenwriting, and education.

She offers professional editorial and consulting services including sensitivity and authenticity reading, developmental editing, and one-on-one Zoom consultations. These services focus on disability representation, LGBTQ+ representation, and other aspects of marginalized identity. She works with novels, screenplays, television pilots, memoir, and nonfiction projects.

Lara provides online writing instruction through Women on Writing and is available for teaching and speaking engagements. She has presented at WriteHive, the Women Who Submit Conference, and California State University, Northridge. Her teaching covers disability representation, accessibility in publishing, LGBTQ+ storytelling, and screenwriting.

Her published fiction has appeared in outlets including Flash Fiction Magazine, Drunk Monkeys, Hairstreak Butterfly Review, and Jaded Ibis Press. She is also a contributor to Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection. Her creative work spans fantasy, thriller, speculative fiction, young adult fiction, and contemporary stories.

She was a 2022 Lambda Literary Screenwriting Fellow at the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. Additionally, she was a 2022 Mentorship Matters TV Writing Program finalist and a 2022 NBC Launch TV Writing Program finalist. In 2023, she was selected as a screenwriting mentee in the 1in4 Coalition's mentorship program for disabled screenwriters.

Her undergraduate degree in film studies with a minor in disability studies was completed at UC Berkeley. This academic background informs her approach to inclusive storytelling and representation in her professional services. She combines her academic credentials with practical experience in freelance work and teaching.

When she is not doing freelance work or teaching, she can be found reading from her stack of books, rewatching TV shows, or hanging out with her dogs, Bailey and Lizzy. This personal detail highlights her interests outside of her professional writing and consulting career. It adds a human element to her profile as an author and educator.

Her website domain is laraameenauthor.com and she maintains an Instagram profile under the handle trucherrygirl. These digital platforms serve as her primary online presence for connecting with readers and clients. They provide direct links to her portfolio and professional services.

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