Jeanne Marie Ford

Jeanne Marie Ford (previously known as Jeanne Marie Grunwell) is an American television soap opera writer. She is also an English teacher at Hagerstown Community College. Ford, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.

Positions held
As the World Turns
 * Script Writer: July 30, 2007 - October 18, 2007

Days of Our Lives
 * Co-Head Writer (with Paula Cwikly): April 2025 – present
 * Script Writer: 2000 - 2003, 2007, December 11, 2008 – 2011; August 17, 2012-present
 * Associate Head Writer: 2001, 2003–2004; October 24, 2008 – August 25, 2011
 * Script Editor: 2004 - 2005, 2005–2007; August 26, 2011 – August 16, 2012
 * Occasional Script Writer: 2004
 * Continuity Coordinator: 1999 - 2000
 * Writer's Assistant: 1992 - 1996

One Life to Live (hired by Ron Carlivati)
 * Script Writer: November 26, 2007 - September 2008

Awards and nominations
Writers Guild of America Award
 * Nomination, 2001, Best Writing, Days of our Lives