Suzan-Lori Parks





Suzan-Lori Parks

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born
May 10, 1963 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, The United States

gender
female

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influences
James Baldwin, Leah Blatt Glasser, Mary McHenry, Wendy Wasserstein


About this author

Suzan-Lori Parks is an award-winning American playwright and screenwriter. She was a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002. She is married to blues musician Paul Oscher.



Average rating: 3.74 · 2,363 ratings · 199 reviews · 12 distinct works
Topdog/Underdog
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 943 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions
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Getting Mother's Body
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 595 ratings14 editions
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Venus
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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The America Play and Other ...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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The Red Letter Plays
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2000
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In the Blood
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2000
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365 Days/365 Plays
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2006
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The America Play
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1995
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Imperceptible Mutabilities ...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1995
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The Book of Grace
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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“you're only yourself when no ones watching!”
Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog

“The plays should have the half-life of plutonium.”
Suzan-Lori Parks



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