I was born and raised in England and spent my childhood years making  feature films... the obnoxiousness of which is best chronicled here.

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Nowadays I live between NYC and London writing for musical theatre.

 

Most recently I have been honoured as a Fellow of the Dramatist Guild and Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award, the Eugene O'Neill NTMC, the Eric H. Weinberger Librettist Award, and Finalist for the Kleban Prize.

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I write stories with an audience in mind, that aim to be both wildly fun and ultimately meaningful, starring larger-than-life women who shock, stir and delight.

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Other things: I was a member of the Writers Room for the BAFTA-Award-Winning TV series 'Skins', I am the Founder/Director of Spirit YPC, which under my direction has attracted over 150 million online viewers to our MT performances. I am alum of the BMI Bookwriting Workshop, Professor of Playwriting at the Norwalk Conservatory, and I have an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch.

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Read about my PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT, or LISTEN TO SONGS.