Kimberly Kalaja is an award-winning playwright, author, screenwriter, and Fulbright.

Her plays include Night Moths on the Wing, The Shooter, and What Happened to Emmaline. Her screenplays include the award-winning short, "The Lesson." Her book publications include Reading Games: An Aesthetics of Play (Dalkey Archive Press, 2007) -- and essays published in collections from The Four Courts Press (Dublin), The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, The Journal of British Studies, The Irish Journal of Feminist Studies, The Irish Review, & Princeton University Library Chronicle.

In addition to writing, Kimberly has served on the faculty of leading universities, including Princeton University, NYU, & California State University, and was a Visiting Professor in the Department of English and Foreign Languages at the University of Tirana (Albania) during her Fulbright year.

Kimberly is a proud member of Phi Beta Kappa, New York Women in Film and Television, and The Dramatists Guild.