Betty Shamieh (she/her) is a Palestinian American writer and author of fifteen plays. Her novel, Too Soon, was selected as PEOPLE Magazine's Book of the Week and featured as an NPR Book of the Day. Her six New York play productions include the off-Broadway premieres of Roar and Malvolio, a sequel to Twelfth Night, which were both New York Times Critics Picks. A graduate of Harvard College and the Yale School of Drama, Shamieh was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and named a UNESCO Young Artist for Intercultural Dialogue. She is the Mellon Playwright-in-Residence at the Classical Theatre of Harlem. www.bettyshamieh.com.