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Melissa Rosenberg

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Melissa Rosenberg, screenwriter of the much anticipated film Twilight, is making plans to attend the Conference and you won't want to miss her panels to discuss her adaptation from the best-selling novel of the same name. Rosenberg was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on the second season of the television show "Dexter" - other credits include "The O.C." and "Birds of Prey".