Laurie Thomas is a screenwriter working on her first collection of short stories. Her commissioned short film for Essence Magazine, Black Girl Magic, was nominated for a 2017 National Magazine Award. Laurie has been a participant of the Tin House Intensive Workshop, Stuyvesant Writing Workshop, and her work has been supported by the MacDowell Colony and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America East and received her M.F.A. in Film from Columbia University.
