<div><p>"[Suzan-Lori Parks'] dislocating stage devices, stark but poetic language and fiercely idiosyncratic images transform her work into something haunting and marvelous."—<I>Time</I></P> <p>"An original whose fierce intelligence and fearless approach to craft subvert theatrical convention and produce a mature and inimitable art that is as exciting as it is fresh."—August Wilson</P> <p>Named one of the "100 Innovators for the Next New Wave" by <I>Time</I> magazine, Suzan-Lori Parks is a truly original voice of the American theater. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur "Genius" Award, Parks is renowned for her groundbreaking language, theatricality, and an aesthetic that continues to evolve in unexpected ways. Her first full-length play since her award-winning <I>Topdog/Underdog</I>, <I>The Book of Grace</I> is a scorching three-person drama in which a young man returns home to south Texas to confront his father, unearthing deep-seated passions and ambition. The play premiered in spring 2010 at the Public Theater, where Parks is in the midst of a three-year residency as the first recipient of the theater's master writer chair.</P> <p><B>Suzan-Lori Parks</B> is a playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, and novelist. Her plays include <I>Topdog/Underdog</I> (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize), <I>In the Blood</I> (a 2000 Pulitzer Prize finalist), <I>Venus</I> (OBIE Award winner) and <I>Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom</I> (OBIE Award, Best New American Play).</P></DIV>