Born on Maui and raised in Hawaii, Lee Cataluna’s stories reflect the cultural acuity of an island artist who grew up in an international crossroads. Her work is often uproariously funny, deeply emotional, and tightly wrought. Her plays include commissions from Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Dramatic Publishing, Honolulu Theatre for Youth and San Francisco Playhouse. Her play Home of the Brave  has been produced in schools around the world, and her scripts have had dozens of performances in Hawaii. Her work has twice been supported by NEA grants. She writes TYA plays as well as scripts for general audiences, and has written expressly for digital theater and television. She has worked on historically-based plays and theatrical pieces based on interviews. As a journalist, she writes a popular metro column in Honolulu. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside. She is of Native Hawaiian descent and lives in Honolulu.