The following is a list of writers who have worked on the Fox animated television series The Simpsons in the order of first credited episode (by broadcast). As of October 4, 2026, 155 people have been credited with writing or co-writing at least one episode of The Simpsons.

List of writers

# Writer Number written Duration Seasons Notes 1 2 Also co-wrote the screenplay for The Simpsons Movie 3 & Wallace Wolodarsky 4 Includes ten episodes co-written with Mike Reiss, one with David Mirkin, two with Joel H. Cohen & John Frink and one with Cohen & Jeff Westbrook (latter three story only)Also co-wrote The Simpsons Movie, The Longest Daycare, Playdate with Destiny, The Force Awakens from Its Nap, The Good, the Bart, and the Loki, Balenciaga, Plusaversary, When Billie Met Lisa, Welcome to the Club, Rogue Not Quite One, May the 12th Be with You and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 5 All episodes co-written with Al JeanAlso co-wrote the screenplay for The Simpsons Movie 6 Also co-wrote the screenplay for The Simpsons Movie 7 Died 2015 8 Also wrote all The Simpsons shorts and co-wrote The Simpsons Movie, The Longest Daycare and Playdate with Destiny 9 Also co-wrote the screenplay for The Simpsons Movie 10 11 & David Isaacs 12 Includes one co-written with Jenna Martin and one with Samantha Martin 13 14 Died 2025 15 16 17 18 Story onlyDied 1994 19 & Josh Weinstein 20 21 & Michael Carrington 22 Died 2021 23 24 Includes two co-written with Dan McGrath 25 Includes two co-written with Greg DanielsDied 2025 26 27 Includes one co-written with Al JeanAlso co-wrote the screenplays for The Simpsons Movie, The Longest Daycare, When Billie Met Lisa and May the 12th Be with You 28 Died 2021 29 30 Also co-wrote the screenplay for The Simpsons Movie 31 32 Credited as David S. Cohen on Seasons 6–10 33 34 35 36 37 38 & Jennifer Ventimilia 39 40 Includes four co-written with Allen Glazier, one with Donick Cary and one with Matt Selman. The hour-long episode "The Great Phatsby" is counted as two episodes. Also co-wrote The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 41 42 43 44 45 Includes eight co-written with Billy Kimball.Also co-wrote the screenplay for The Simpsons Movie 46 47 Died 2024 48 49 Includes one co-written with Dan Greaney 50 51 52 53 54 Includes one episode co-written with Dan Greaney and one with Renee RidgeleyAlso co-wrote The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons: Road Rage, The Simpsons Skateboarding, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, The Simpsons Game, and Playdate with Destiny 55 56 57 Includes four episodes co-written with Miranda ThompsonCredited as a consultant writer on The Simpsons Movie and co-wrote 'The Simpsons: Road Rage, The Simpsons Skateboarding, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, and The Simpsons Game 58 59 Includes three co-written with William Wright, one with Robin Sayers and one with Kai Omine. The double-length episode "O C'mon All Ye Faithful" is counted as two episodes. 60 & Deb Lacusta Includes one co-written with Peter Tilden and one with Vince Waldron 61 Includes one co-written with Brian Kelley & Dan Vebber (story only) and two with Johnny LaZebnik 62 Includes nine co-written with Don Payne, three with Joel H. Cohen and one with Jeff WestbrookCredited as a consultant writer on The Simpsons Movie and co-writer on The Good, the Bart, and the Loki 63 Includes nine co-written with John Frink and two with Mitchell H. Glazer. Died 2013. 64 Includes one co-written with John Frink & Don Payne and Matt Selman. 65 Includes three co-written with John Frink and one with Jeff WestbrookCredited as a consultant writer on The Simpsons Movie, and co-writer on The Longest Daycare, The Force Awakens from Its Nap, Balenciaga, Plusaversary, Welcome to the Club and May the 12th Be with You 66 67 68 69 70 Also co-wrote The Simpsons: Hit & Run and The Simpsons Game 71 Died 2021. 72 Includes one co-written with David Mandel, one with David Silverman and one with Dan Vebber 73 Died 2016 74 & Mert Rich 75 Died 2019 76 & Sam O'Neal 77 All co-written with Dan Greaney 78 Also co-wrote Welcome to the Club and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 79 Credited as a consultant writer on The Simpsons Movie, and co-writer on The Longest Daycare, Playdate with Destiny, The Force Awakens from Its Nap and Balenciaga. 80 81 & David Chambers 82 83 Includes one co-written with Joel H. Cohen & John Frink (story only), one co-written with Frink and one with CohenCredited as co-writer on The Good, the Bart, and the Loki, Rogue Not Quite One and May the 12th Be with You 84 85 86 87 Guest writer on the Season 17 episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" 88 Includes one co-written with Steve Viksten 89 All but one co-written with Ian Maxtone-Graham 90 91 William Wright All co-written with Carolyn OmineDied 2024 92 93 94 95 & Seth Rogen Guest writers on the Season 21 episode "Homer the Whopper" 96 Both co-written with Don Payne 97 98 99 100 Co-written with Peter Gaffney. Died 2014. 101 102 Includes one co-written with Brian KelleyAlso co-wrote Plusaversary and Rogue Not Quite One 103 104 Co-written with Brian Kelley 105 & Max Pross Also co-wrote the screenplay for Playdate with Destiny 106 Died 2024 107 108 109 Guest writer on the Season 26 episode "Bart's New Friend" 110 111 112 113 114 115 Co-written with Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta 116 Also co-wrote Rogue Not Quite One 117 118 119 All co-written with Tim Long 120 & Zach Posner 121 Co-written with Brian KelleyAlso co-wrote the screenplay for Playdate with DestinyThe only person ever to both write and direct for the show 122 Co-written with Matt Selman 123 Co-written with Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta 124 Co-written with Carolyn Omine 125 126 127 128 Co-written with Jeff Martin 129 130 Credited as co-writer on The Good, the Bart, and the Loki and When Billie Met Lisa 131 Guest writer on the two-part Season 31 episodes "Warrin' Priests" 132 133 The two-part episode "A Serious Flanders" is counted as two episodesCredited as co-writer on When Billie Met Lisa 134 135 136 Credited as co-writer on The Good, the Bart, and the Loki and Plusaversary 137 Co-written with Jeff Martin 138 Also co-wrote Welcome to the Club 139 140 141 Both co-written with Rob LaZebnik 142 Also co-wrote Plusaversary, Welcome to the Club and Rogue Not Quite One 143 Also co-wrote When Billie Met Lisa and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 144 Co-written with Carolyn Omine

Timeline of producers and showrunners

References

External links Simpsons Archive