Melissa Leilani Larson

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Melissa Leilani Larson is an award-winning writer known for Jane and Emma (2018) and Freetown (2015) (2015 Ghana Movie Award for Best Screenplay, 2015 Utah Movie Award for Best Picture). Plays include "Little Happy Secrets", "Sweetheart Come", "Mountain Law", "The Edible Complex", "Pilot Program", "Pride and Prejudice", "Persuasion", and "Martyrs' Crossing", among others. She is the 2018 Smith-Pettit Foundation Award recipient and a 2016 O'Neill semifinalist. MFA, Iowa Playwrights Workshop.