MICHELE LEE is an Asian-Australian playwright and theatre-maker working across stage and audio. She has been commissioned by Radio National, Next Wave Festival, Darwin Festival, Platform Youth Theatre, St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Arts House, Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre. Previous works include Talon Salon, Off Centre, The Naked Self, Rice and Going Down. She has won a Queensland Premier's Drama Award, and Australian Writer's Guild award and has been shortlisted for a Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Her memoir, Banana Girl, is published by Transit Lounge. Lee has been in residence at Union House Theatre, The Playwrights Centre (USA), Radio National and in Laos (Asialink residency).
