Lauren Emily Iungerich (/ˈjuːnərɪk/ YOO-nə-rik;[1] born September 14, 1974)[2] is a writer, director and showrunner known for Awkward.
[6] She was hired to the writing staff of ABC Family's 10 Things I Hate About You based on her play Love on the Line.
[8] The New York Times called Awkward “the smartest, freshest, most moving sitcom of 2011” and it won the 2013 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Cable Comedy.
In 2018, the show was announced to be Netflix’s most binge-watched series and Google’s tenth most top trended search in all of television.
[9] Iungerich directed the pilot of the Netflix limited series Boo, Bitch that she co-created and executive produced.