Pamela Wallace is an American screenwriter and author. She won an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay for the movie, Witness, as well as awards from the Mystery Writers of America and the Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild later named Witness to their list of the Top 101 Greatest Scripts.
Wallace also adapted one of her own novels, Straight From the Heart, into a screenplay for Hallmark Channel. The resulting movie became the highest-rated film for the network in 2003. She also penned the screenplay for the 2006 Hallmark Channel movie, Though None Go with Me, starring Cheryl Ladd and has written several other Hallmark Channel and Lifetime Network movies.
In 2000, Wallace wrote a nonfiction book called You Can Write a Screenplay. Drawing on her own experiences in Hollywood, the book walked readers through the entire screenwriting process beginning with the initial idea. It provided tips for writing the screenplay, as well as advice on how to sell the completed work. Wallace has written a total of 25 romance novels.
She has served as an executive producer for the cable television series Beyond the Break, as well as for the television movies, Last Chance Cafe and A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride.