Jennifer O’Grady is a playwright and poet. Full-length plays include CHARLOTTE'S LETTERS (Henley Rose Award; NEWvember Festival Dublin; O'Neil Semifinalist); PARANORMAL LOVE (MTWorks Newborn Festival; NEWvember Finalist); ELLERY (The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2017); QUASARS (The Best Women's Stage Monologues and Best Contemporary Monologues for Women 18-35); and JUGGLING WITH MR. FIELDS (Kilroys LIst nominee). Short plays include LISTENING (Weathervane Playhouse's 2019 8x10 Theatrefest); PRE-WAR (Stage It's 2019 10-Minute Play Festival and published in Stage It 3); PERSEPHONE (Heartland Theatre's 2018 Ten-Minute Play Festival and forthcoming in 30 New Ten-Minute Plays); FIRST DAY IN TRADE (The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2017); THE GREAT GAFFE (The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2016); OUT (Gi60's 2019 UK Edition); and NEW KITTEN (Gi60's 2019 US Edition and winner of ICWP's 3-Minute Play Contest). Her plays have also been produced or developed by The Irish Repertory Theatre, Rover Dramawerks, The Bechdel Group, Monster Box Theatre, 13th Street Repertory Theatre, AboutFace Ireland and other companies. In 2018 she was selected as playwriting mentee by AWP's Writer2Writer program.

As a poet she is the author of WHITE (Mid-List First Series Award) and EXCLUSIONS & LIMITATIONS (MadHat Press, 2018). Her poems appear in numerous places including Harper’s, The New Republic, NPR, The Kenyon Review, Poetry Daily and American Poetry: The Next Generation. Her poem “Moths” will air on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.

Jennifer earned a BA from Vassar, where she won awards for her writing, and an MFA from Columbia University. She lives with her family near New York City. (www.jenniferogrady.net)