Maxine Lapiduss is an American comedienne-singer, television comedy writer, director, producer, entrepreneur, and branding strategist.She is the co-founder and CEO of Storyverse Studios, an entertainment company founded in Los Angeles in 2014. Storyverse develops and produces story-driven, properties within a multi-platform universe of entertainment. Their first property, Find Me I’m Yours, launched on November 3, 2014, and begins as a media rich ebook, written and designed by writer/artist/web innovator, Hillary Carlip and published by Rosetta Books. The romantic comedy novel is filled with hand-written lists, Instagram-style photos, videos and links to its 33 original websites and five web series all created as part of this Click Lit experience.Before co-founding Storyverse Studios with partner, Hillary Carlip, Lapiduss wrote and produced many notable comedy series including Dharma & Greg, Ellen, Roseanne, Home Improvement and more. In 2014 she directed the Disney Channel’s hit comedy, Jessie.Lapiduss is a graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School and the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, both in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she was born and raised.