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Lydia R. Diamond

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Lydia R. Diamond
BornApril 14, 1969
Detroit, Michigan
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. Theatre and Performance Studies
Alma materNorthwestern University
Notable worksStick Fly

Harriet Jacobs

The Bluest Eye

Voyeurs de Venus
SpouseJohn Diamond
Children1

Lydia R. Diamond (b. Detroit, Michigan, April 14, 1969) is an American playwright and professor. Among her most popular plays are The Bluest Eye (2007), an adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel; Stick Fly (2008); Harriet Jacobs (2011); and Smart People (2016). Her plays have received national attention and acclaim, receiving the Lorraine Hansberry Award for Best Writing, an LA Weekly Theater Award, and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

She has taught playwriting at DePaul University, Loyola University, Columbia College Chicago, and is currently at Boston University.