Laura Pittenger is a New York City-based novelist, playwright, and director, whose work has been produced in the U.S. and the U.K. She was named a Playwriting Fellow at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in 2019 and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. Laura graduated from Ball State University summa cum laude with honors in writing. She is currently working on her first novel, a family saga taking place during Imperial Russia’s Golden Age.