Joy McCullough

Joy McCullough studied playwriting at Northwestern University, where she won the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award for her first play. Her plays have since been developed and produced in Chicago, New York, San Diego, and her home base of Seattle. She has taught playwriting at Seattle’s ACT, in San Diego at La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre, and Seattle Pacific University. She is currently a Resident Playwright at Seattle Public Theater.Joy McCullough’s debut young adult novel, Blood Water Paint, which is based on her play by the same title, won the Washington State and Pacific Northwest book awards, and was on the long list for the National Book Award. She has since written picture books and young adult and middle grade novels that have been Junior Library Guild Selections, Indie Next Selections, finalists for the Washington State Book Award, and a New York Time bestseller.She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and two children.