Wendy Walker is an Emmy Award-winning producer and acclaimed author.

As Senior Executive Producer of the iconic talk show Larry King Live, Walker played a critical role in bringing the biggest news stories and personalities of the past two decades into the living rooms of millions of global viewers on a nightly basis.

She currently is working on the show Notorious.

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She played a leading role behind the concept and development of Nancy Grace on HLN (TV channel) as well as CNN Heroes, which have been extremely popular with CNN viewers.

Emmy Magazine credits Walker's "intuition and experience" with shaping the combination of newsmakers that was the key to Larry King Live's success.

Walker began her broadcast career at ABC.

From there, she was recruited to help start CNN, where she has worked since the network's debut in 1980.

Before taking over Larry King Live, Walker spent a 10 years as CNN's senior executive White House producer.

She increased CNN's reputation with the White House from the ground up.

Walker served as senior event producer for superpower summits in remote locations across the globe earlier in her CNN career,

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree and an honorary doctorate of law from Hollins College.

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Walker lives in San Diego with her two children, ages 21 and 18.

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