Storytelling was in Shonda Rhimes’ blood since she was a child growing up with her parents and five siblings in the Chicago, IL suburb of Forest Park South. And that love for the written word and the compelling story would go on to serve her well – not only as a successful feature film writer, but as the creator and executive producer of one of the most popular television series of the new millennium – the medical drama, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 2004- ).

Born Jan. 13, 1970, Rhimes’ mother and father were a university professor and university administrator, respectively, and installed a genuine