Martha Patterson has written more than 150 long & short plays, as well as essays, poetry, and fiction. She is published by Pioneer Drama Service, Smith & Kraus and Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Silver Birch Press, the Sheepshead Review, the Pointed Circle Journal, the Afro-Hispanic Review, and others. Her work has been produced Off-Off-Broadway and in 21 U.S. states and eight countries. She earned her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and an M.A. from Emerson College, both degrees in Theatre. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, the USA.