Though best known as one of the Emmy Award–winning producers of Lost, Javier Grillo–Marxuach is a prolific writer of TV shows, movies, and comic books. His credits include seaQuest, The Pretender, Charmed, Boomtown, The Chronicle, Jake 2.0, Medium, and SyFy’s Helix. Grillo–Marxuach is also creator of The Middleman graphic novels and ABC Family TV show, and co–hosts the Children of Tendu podcast in which he dispenses advice on breaking into and staying in the TV business with fellow writer/producer Jose Molina.