Autumn Lee Withers is an American screenwriter, novelist, actress, and story coach.

She has written eight television pilots and four feature films across romantic comedy, women’s history, and psychological thriller. Her female-driven work has been optioned and commended by Screencraft, Austin Film Festival, Sundance Episodic Lab, NBC, Pilgrim Studios, and HBO. Most recently, she was tapped to co-adapt Gail Reitano’s book Italian Love Cake to screen.

Her novel, The French Arrangement, follows an American cookbook writer whose road trip across France leads her to the most intoxicating love of her life. Winding from Paris to the Côte d'Azur, it's a story about the mothers who shape us, the lovers who rearrange us, and the radical act of choosing pleasure over permission.

A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of Georgia, Autumn began her artistic career as a professional dancer, performing on Broadway, with contemporary dance companies, for pop artists, and as a Radio City Rockette. She went on to build a television and film career, appearing in nearly fifty roles, including Modern Family, FBI: Most Wanted, and Sundance Audience Favorite Catherine. She has worked opposite Cate Blanchett, J.K. Simmons, and Jenny Slate, and her performance in Avalanche earned the Best Actress Award at NoHo CineFest.

She divides her time between Paris and Los Angeles, where she also consults for studios, entrepreneurs, and writers, helping them uncover the emotional core of their stories while strengthening structure, voice, and commercial positioning.