Joslyn Housley is a playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and librettist. She is the author of the award-winning historical drama, The Silver Thread, and the story writer for the 2021 film Hal King, among other works. A Chicagoland-native and an ex-expat from the north of France, Joslyn single-parents her two children and cat. MFA in Writing for the Screen + Stage at Northwestern University.
Grants, awards, and honors include: Advance Gender Equity in the Arts ALP Grant Recipient; Northwestern University Graduate Research Grant Recipient; Women Playwrights International Conference Montreal Official Selection; New American Voices/Landing Theatre Finalist; Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist; Eugene O’Neill Center National Playwrights Contest Semi-Finalist; Great Plains Theatre Conference Official Selection & StageWrite Honorarium Winner; Hudson Valley Writers Center: Setting the Stage Winner.