Zayd Ayers Dohrn is a national bestselling and award-winning author. His writing is published by W.W. Norton, Vintage UK, Concord, The New Yorker, The Guardian, and more.

His plays have been produced across the country and internationally; he created a podcast for Crooked Media; and he has written screenplays for Netflix and FilmNation, and developed television pilots at HBO, Showtime, and BBC America.

Zayd received his MFA from NYU, was a Playwriting Fellow at Juilliard, and is currently a Professor and Director of the MFA in Writing for the Screen + Stage at Northwestern.