Suzan-Lori Parks
Playwright
Received the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant in 2001 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Topdog/Underdog in 2002.
She attended high school in Germany before moving to the United States and graduating from The John Carroll School in 1981.
She wrote a short play every day for a year from November 2002 to November 2003, resulting in what was called the 365 Days/365 Plays series.
She married the blues musician Paul Oscher.
Her first screenplay, Girl 6, was made into a film directed by Spike Lee in 1996.