The Conjuring 2 was written by a man.
Carey Hayes ( born April 21 , 1961 in Portland , Oregon ) is an American screenwriter and producer . He is the twin brother of Chad Hayes . Chad Hayes ( born April 21 , 1961 ) is an American author , writer , and actor , and twin brother of Carey Hayes . Chad and his brother Carey have written several movies together , such as the 2005 remake of House of Wax and the planned remake of The Blob in 2011 . David Leslie Johnson is an American writer of cinema and television . James Wan ( born 27 February 1977 ) is a Malaysian-born Australian film director , screenwriter , and producer . He has also directed Dead Silence and Death Sentence ( both 2007 ) , Insidious ( 2011 ) , The Conjuring and Insidious : Chapter 2 ( both 2013 ) , Furious 7 ( 2015 ) , and The Conjuring 2 ( 2016 ) . The Conjuring 2 is a 2016 American horror film directed by James Wan and written by Carey Hayes , Chad Hayes , Wan and David Leslie Johnson .