By Harper Lambert Middle school — that “gray world of dealing with adult feelings before you have the capacity to deal with them” says PEN15 co-creator Anna Konkle — is a chapter of life ...

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle took their first photograph ... But the irony that the two went on to create “Pen15,” a show about middle school in which they play tween versions of themselves ...

Their Pen15 characters, middle schoolers Anna Konkle and Maya Ishii-Peters ... but figuring out where (or whether) to draw the line with content that could lean surprisingly dark.

"It's all the most creatively fulfilling experience I could ever imagine in my entire life and, like, a recipe for burning out," Konkle said. On November 29, it was announced that Hulu‘s award ...

‘PEN15’ follows two girls, Anna Kone and Maya Ishii-Peters, as they start 7th grade in 2000. Anna and Maya have been best friends for years, but their friendship is continuously tested as they ...

material that networks are desperate for, but beyond these easy selling points is the real reason to watch: It's a poignant story of friendship, because PEN15's Maya and Anna were the best BFFs ...

"It was weird not putting braces on before the scene," Anna Konkle ... commercial Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle had an aha moment when filming their latest project together. The PEN15 creators ...

If Pen15's ending could be summed up in one, very early 2000's sentence, it would be this: Maya + Anna 4Eva. After Maya had a bad sexual experience with her boyfriend, all of her friends rallied ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, creators and stars of Hulu's PEN15, about capturing teen girlhood in all its awkward glory. I can't tell if "PEN15" is a comedy or a drama.

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle know what “Pen15” fans are thinking — that the two ended their hit coming-of-age Hulu series after just two seasons because things got too complicated to do more ...