Bonnie Greer OBE FRSL is an American-British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster, who has lived in the UK since 1986. She has won the Verity Bargate award for best play, and her memoir, Parallel Life, is published by Arcadia Books. She was formerly director of the Talawa Theatre Company and has served on the boards of the British Museum, the Royal Opera House and the London Film School. In 2022, she was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.