Roe Braddy

Roe Braddy, a playwright, retired teacher, and Pittsburgh native, uses her writing to bring readers into the experiences of her characters. She first brought us into the lives of the children living with disabilities and their teachers in her book, “A Seat on the Playground”. In “The Warm Heart of Steele” she draws from her childhood in the “Steel City”, and from the stories she heard many times while growing up in the Hill District. Roe also has a passion for the theatre. “A Warm Heart of Steele” was adapted into a live stage production that was produced and performed in a local community theatre in Harrisburg, PA. She has also written a produced two other stage productions. Roe enjoys writing children’s stories that teach life lessons, stories about the Civil Rights era and writing poetry with social justice themes. She is a ferocious reader and loves August Wilson. She likens herself “To becoming the next August Wilson.” Roe lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two adult children.