“Orange Is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan will be this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award, Deadline confirms. Given in recognition of a guild member who has “advanced the literature of television and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer,” the award’s previous recipients include “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes and “Grace and Frankie” co-creator Marta Kauffman.

Kohan, who also created “Weeds” and serves as an exec producer and writer on “GLOW,” will be honored at the guild’s LA awards show on February 17.

“Jenji Kohan’s work is what all good writers aspire to – touching on the harsh but also comedic realities of life through characters that don’t sound written, that talk like real people,” said WGA West president David A. Goodman. “Her scenes can be comic and tragic simultaneously; while she engages, she also unnerves, pushing us out of our comfort zone. Her work has truly advanced the literature of television, and the WGA West board of directors considers it our honor to give her this award.”

After kicking off her career as a writer on “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” which she has described as a terrible experience, calling the writers’ room a “toxic mess,” Kohan went on to earn credits on series including “Sex and the City,” “Will & Grace,” and “Gilmore Girls.” She won an Emmy in 1997 for “Tracey Takes On…”

Prison dramedy “Orange Is the New Black’s” seventh and final season drops on Netflix sometime this year. A premiere date hasn’t been announced yet. Season 3 of “GLOW,” a look inside a female-led wrestling show, is also expected to hit the streamer in 2019. The Alison Brie-starrer will be set in Vegas this season.

Kohan signed an overall deal with Netflix in 2017.