Born in Cardiff, Wales. Degrees from Nottingham, England and the University of in Santa Barbara (MA/PhD).
• Taught English and Creative Writing at California State University, Chico and served six years as Chair of English.
AWARDS:
• Two National Endowment for the Arts Grants. Videotapes for the humanities.
• “Outstanding Teacher” Award.
• Published articles: “A playwright looks at an historian looking at a playwright,” and, “Confrontation.”
• Many university grants to continue playwriting.
PLAYS:
• MY TOWN, one-act, George R. Kernodle Playwriting Competition. San Francisco Playwrights’ Unlimited Award.
• PIRANDELLO’S WIFE. San Jose State University Playwriting Award. Alley Theatre, Buffalo, New York Playwriting Award.
• AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLING, two-act. Mill Mountain Theatre of Roanoke, Virginia New Plays Award.
LYNN ELLIOTT
I was born in Cardiff, Wales. My degrees are from Nottingham, England and the University of in Santa Barbara (MA/PhD).
· Taught English and Creative Writing at California State University, Chico and served six years as Chair of English. Taught: Shakespeare; Medieval, Restoration and Contemporary Drama; Native-American Literature; Celtic Literature; Critical Thinking; and, Humanities.
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
· Two National Endowment for the Arts Grants. Videotapes for understanding the humanities.
· Published articles: “A playwright looks at an historian looking at a playwright,” and, “Confrontation.”
· Many university grants to continue my playwriting.
Sabbatical to study film with Richard Walter at UCLA.
Voted “Outstanding Teacher.”

Although I am retired, I continue to teach courses for seniors: Hail to the Celts (a history of the Celtic peoples); Myths, legends and stories of the Celtic peoples; “Will,” a TV series based on the life of William Shakespeare; A Look at some Shakespeare Plays; and, Writing For Film and the Stage.

PUBLICATIONS:
· THE STORY OF ANOTHER CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, prose version (Memoir Books)
· THE BOY FROM THE MOUNTAINS BEYOND, with Luis Santos, prose (Memoir Books)
ANOTHER CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, dramatic version (Drama Association of Wales). Co-written with William Johnson, Professor of Theatre
THE CROSSINGWAY, a young-adult novel (future publication by Austin Maccauley, London)

PLAY AWARDS:
· MY TOWN, one-act, George R. Kernodle Playwriting Competition. San Francisco Playwrights’ Unlimited Award.
· PIRANDELLO’S WIFE. San Jose State University Playwriting Award. Alley Theatre, Buffalo, New York Playwriting Award.
· AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLING, two-act. Mill Mountain Theatre of Roanoke, Virginia New Plays Award.

THEATRE PRODUCTIONS:
· MY TOWN; PIRANDELLO’S WIFE; AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLING; ANOTHER CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES; INTERVIEW, and, RODEO, A musical-comedy (with Marcel Daguerre, Josh Hegg and Michael Bone).

SCREENPLAYS:
THE QUISLING.
BORDERLINE JUSTICE.
--Finalist in the Finish Line Script Competition.
ALTA CALIFORNIA,
--Finalist in Filmmatic “Pitch Now” screenplay competition;
--Finalist in Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Contest; and
--Finalist in both the Best Action/Adventure and Global Script Challenge of the 2018 Oaxaca FilmFest.
--Winner of Partner in Industry Award at 2018 Oaxaca FilmFest.
UNCLE FRANCO’S BIRTHDAY SUIT, Under consideration by Houston Film Festival.

CURRENT PROJECTS:
PRINCESS YELLOW BOOTS, with Dani Elliott. A children’s book for our granddaughter. Not yet published.
SALON and SILENT SINGERS ANONYMOUS, two ten-minute plays.
WHAT YOU’D REALLY LIKE TO SAY. A phrase book for the smart-ass (arse) traveler. Not yet published.

I am a member of the Dramatists’ Guild of America, and the New Play Exchange.
· https://newplayexchange.org/users/16053/lynn-elliott
I am a member of Film Freeway
https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/my_submissions
International Screenplay Association, Coverrfly,
https://www.networkisa.org/
and IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur94049871/?ref_=nv_usr_prof_2

I sing tenor in a choir and am a black belt in Sinmoo Hapkido,
I assist weekly at a Community Food Locker giving food and breakfast to the poor.
I am married to Dani Elliott