Mahogany L. Browne is a writer, playwright, organizer, and educator as well as a NY Emmy, NAACP, and Audie finalist. A 2022 Kennedy Center Next 50 Fellow and inaugural Poet-in-Residence at Lincoln Center, her collection Chrome Valley won the 2024 Paterson Poetry Prize. Her young adult novel, A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe was longlisted for the National Book Award. She holds an honorary doctorate from Marymount College. Browne lives in Brooklyn, New York.