Grace Wilson (she/her) is a 20 year old emerging playwright living on Yuggera and Turrbal land in Meanjin. At the age of 17, she was shortlisted for the Queensland Theatre Young Playwrights’ Award and won the award in the following year with her work, GOODBYE, ELI ANDERSON.

Grace has gone on to be a finalist in several other major awards including Sydney Theatre Company’s Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, Griffin Award, Martin-Lysicrates Prize, Queensland Writers Centre’s Stageable, and the Queensland Theatre Premier’s Drama Award, all of which Grace is the youngest in history to be on the list. She has also been published by Regional Arts Australia, Queensland Writers’ Centre, ATAR Notes Australia, highly commended for the ABC Heywire Competition and longlisted for two commissions (ATYP Foundation Commission and Griffin Award 2024).

Grace has also undertaken several playwrighting training programs including JUTE WriteSparks, Queensland Theatre’s Young Writers’ Ensemble, ATYP Fresh Ink Mentoring and National Studio, and La Boite Assembly.

She is currently under commission with Observatory Theatre and is set to collaborate with Assembly of Elephants in 2025.