Jacqueline Goldfinger is an award-winning playwright, poet, and librettist who grew up in rural North Florida with a love of music and storytelling. Her work has been seen on stages from The Kennedy Center in the United States to the Sydney Opera House in Australia and points in-between. Routledge recently released the second expanded edition of her popular book Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for Playwrights. She runs the TikTok: all.things.theatre.