Brighde Mullins

Brighde Mullins is an American playwright and poet born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and raised in Las Vegas; her exact birth year is not publicly available. She earned MFAs from Yale School of Drama in playwriting and the Iowa Writers' Workshop in poetry, and has taught at institutions including Harvard, Brown, and USC, where she directs the Master of Professional Writing Program. Her notable works include the poetry collection Water Stories and plays such as Monkey in the Middle (Whiting Award winner) and Fire Eater (Pinter Review Gold Medal); major achievements include Guggenheim and United States Artists Fellowships.