Guiding Light head writers Name(s) Duration Irna Phillips 1937–1958[lower-alpha 2] Agnes Nixon 1958–1966 David Lesan and Julian Funt 1966 Theodore and Mathilde Ferro, John Boruff, James Lipton, Gabrielle Upton and, Jane and Ira Avery 1966–1968 Irna Phillips 1968 Robert Soderberg and Edith Sommer 1969–1973 James Gentile, Robert Cenedella and James Lipton 1973–1975 Bridget and Jerome Dobson 1975–1980 Douglas Marland 1980–1982 Pat Falken Smith 1982 L. Virginia Browne and Gene Palumbo 1982–1983 Carolyn Culliton 1983 Richard Culliton and Pamela K. Long 1983–1984 Pamela K. Long and Jeff Ryder 1984–1986 Jeff Ryder 1986 Mary Ryan Munisteri and Ellen Barrett 1986 Joseph D. Manetta 1986 Joseph D. Manetta and Sheri Anderson 1986–1987 Pamela K. Long 1987–1990 Pamela K. Long and James E. Reilly 1990 Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest and James E. Reilly 1990–1991 Lorraine Broderick, Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest and James E. Reilly 1991–1992 Lorraine Broderick, Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest 1992–1993 Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest 1993 Patrick Mulcahey, Nancy Williams Watt, Stephen Demorest, Millee Taggart, Sheri Anderson and Peggy Sloan 1994 Stephen Demorest 1994 Douglas Anderson 1994–1995 Megan McTavish 1995–1996 Victor Miller, Michael Conforti and Nancy Williams Watt 1996–1997[lower-alpha 3] James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten 1997–1998 James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten and, Michael Conforti 1998–1999 James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten 1999–2000 Claire Labine 2000–2001 Lloyd Gold 2001 Lloyd Gold and Christopher Dunn (co-head writer) 2001–2002 Milee Taggert and Lloyd Gold 2002 Ellen Weston and Carolyn Culliton (co-head writer) 2003 Ellen Weston and Donna M. Swajeski (co-head writer) 2003–2004 David Kreizman and Donna M. Swajeski (co-head writer) 2004–2008[lower-alpha 4] Christopher Dunn, Lloyd Gold, Jill Lorie Hurst and David Kreizman 2008–2009