Edith Ellis
EDITH ELLIS was an American actress, director, and playwright. From a notable theatrical family, she began her career as a child. At the age of 21 she became a playwright out of necessity, as she...
Edna Ferber
EDNA FERBER was a celebrated novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She initially wanted to study acting, but quit to support her family as a reporter. Her first short stories and first...
Edna St. Vincent Millay
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Encouraged to read the classics at home, she was too rebellious to make a success of formal education, but won prizes from an...
Efua Sutherland
EFUA SUTHERLAND was a children’s author, poet, activist, and the earliest Ghanaian playwright-director. She was an advocate for children and developed educational curricula, literature, theatre,...
Elaine Sterne Carrington
ELAINE STERNE CARRINGTON was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. She was a pivotal figure in the radio soap opera genre and wrote more than 12,000 daily dramas during her career....
Eleanor Gates
ELEANOR GATES spent her early years on the South Dakota prairie, where her family owned and operated a cattle farm. She met her first husband, playwright Richard Walton Tully, while she was a...
Elena Balletti
ELENA BALLETTI was an Italian actress, poet, woman of letters, playwright and writer. She came from a family of actors working in the commedia dell'arte tradition of improvising scripts and...
Elena Garro
ELENA GARRO was a journalist, playwright, and screenwriter. She is associated with the beginning of the Magical Realism literary movement, though she herself rejected the affiliation. Garro...