We need stories
to understand ourselves.

Autumn Lee Withers is an American writer, actress, and story coach based in Paris. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of Georgia, Autumn has accrued nearly four dozen acting credits in television and film over the past fifteen years, including Modern Family, FBI: Most Wanted, and Avalanche, which she also co-produced.

She has written eight television pilots and four feature films, spanning 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, and HBO.

A former Radio City Rockette and longtime Francophile, Autumn recently completed her debut novel, The French Arrangement. Set across bistros, coastlines, and kitchens from Paris to Cassis, it explores the families we inherit, the lovers who rearrange us, and the radical act of choosing pleasure over permission.

As a story coach and creative consultant, Autumn works with studios, literary agencies, entrepreneurs, and writers across genres, helping them clarify the emotional core of their work while strengthening structure, voice, and commercial positioning.