Eric Shaw is an American television writer and a former writer for SpongeBob SquarePants,[1] a popular television show on Nickelodeon. Originally from Jericho, NY, he attended Jericho High School and graduated from Columbia University. He has been an animation writer since 2003 and has also written for Skunk Fu, Krypto the Superdog, Sid the Science Kid, My Friends Tigger and Pooh and many other animated hit shows. He is known for writing on SpongeBob SquarePants seasons five and six. As a staff writer, Eric has written for more than 50 SpongeBob episodes.[2][3] Eric recently served as Head Writer on PBS' Emmy Award winning (Best Writing in an Animated Series 2008) animated series WordGirl starring Tom Kenny, Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt, Jeffrey Tambor and others. Eric ran the writing on Season 5, 26 episodes, from Soup2Nuts' Watertown, Mass studio. In 2007, Eric served as the President of the International Jury at the prestigious Cartoons on the Bay Animation Festival, Salerno, Italy.[4]