Michelle Carter is a playwright from San Francisco. Sadly, she finds it validating to add that her plays have received the Susan Glaspell Award, Backstage Garland Awards, the PEN West Award, and the PEN USA Literary Award in Drama. She's currently at work on the libretto for DREAMSPIEL: A Ukulele Opera, a collaboration with The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. She has published a novel with Penguin Books.