by Wim Coleman

Wim Coleman is a playwright, poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer. His play _The Mad Scene_ won First Place in the Script category of the 91st Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition; his play _The Shackles of Liberty_ was the winner of the 2016 Southern Playwrights Competition. His narrative poem _The King and the Beggar Lady_ was published in 2022 by Madeira Press. Novels that he has co-authored with his wife, Pat Perrin, include _Anna’s World_, the Silver Medalist in the 2008 Moonbeam Awards, and _The Jamais Vu Papers_, a 2011 finalist for the Eric Hoffer/Montaigne Medal. Two collections of his one-act plays, _Nine Muses_ and _Stages of History_, are currently in print, and his plays have appeared in anthologies along with works by authors ranging from Molière to David Mamet. Wim and Pat lived for fourteen years in Mexico, where they adopted their daughter, Monserrat, and created and administered a scholarship program for at-risk students. Wim and Pat now live in Carrboro, North Carolina. They are members of PEN International; Wim is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. blog site: https://playsonideas.com/