Kara Lee Corthron

Kara Lee Corthron is an NYC-based playwright and young adult fiction author. Her full-length plays include Listen for the Light (Know Theatre of Cincinnati, spring 2017), AliceGraceAnon (New Georges), Holly Down in Heaven (Forum Theatre, DC area), Etched in Skin on a Sunlit Night (InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia), Julius by Design (Fulcrum Theater), Time and a Half, Electric Persephone in the Scorpion's Den, Spookwater, and Welcome to Fear City (Kilroys' List 2016). Kara is also the author of the young adult novels, The Truth of Right Now from Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse, January 3rd, 2017 and Daughters of Jubilation also from Simon Pulse, publication date TBA. With cartoonist, Shawn Ferreyra, she's collaborating on a graphic novel, currently called We Are the Shining Lights.