Diandra Pendleton-Thompson

Diandra Pendleton-Thompson is a multi-hyphenate creative with over two decades combined experience writing and performing for stage, screen, and alternative media. She began her journey as a theatre performer, switching gears after a car accident to pursue her other passion: screenwriting. Since then she’s had the opportunity to make her inner nerd proud by working on properties like STAR TREK, STAR WARS, and STRANGER THINGS.

Diandra is currently the Co-Executive Producer and Writer for Season 2 of Audible’s supernatural thriller THE PROPHECY starring Kerry Washington. In features, she adapted the bestselling YA fantasy book THE KANE CHRONICLES: RED PYRAMID for Netflix and wrote original drama ALL OF THE LIGHTS for Sony and Issa Rae. Diandra also staffed on both seasons of the animated Emmy-nominated series STAR TREK: PRODIGY for Nickelodeon and Paramount Plus. Championing diverse characters and stories across genres, Diandra is an advocate for storytelling as a vehicle for both personal catharsis and social transformation. She is drawn to stories about outsiders and defiant women, and loves to highlight the intersection of faith, magic, and science in her writing. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Florida, Diandra spends her free time hunting for the best karaoke bars, pizza, and BBQ in Los Angeles.