Julie Jensen was reared in southern Utah. She has a Ph.D. in theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit, and has taught playwriting at seven different colleges and universities. She worked as a writer in Hollywood for five years, directing the graduate playwriting program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is now Resident Playwright at Salt Lake Acting Company. Julie is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Award for New American Plays (White Money), the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work (The Lost Vegas Series), and the LA Weekly Award for Best New Play (Two-Headed). Her plays, some thirty in all, have been produced in London, Edinburgh, New York, and theatres nationwide.
