ROSS MUELLER has been telling Australian stories for twenty-five years. He has been in residence at Royal Court Theatre, London and New York new Dramatists. His play Birthday Cake won the Georgi Markov Award in the BBC International Playwriting Prize in 2020. He holds an MA in Writing for Performance from VCA. He has been shortlisted multiple times in the Patrick White Award for Best new play, AWGIE awards for best new play, Griffin Award for best new play and Green Rooms for most outstanding new writing. In 2007, The Glory won the Wal Cherry and his play The Ghost Writer premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company. Construction of the Human Heart premiered at The Store Room and in 2008, Concussion won the New York New Dramatists residency award. In 2011 ZEBRA! premiered with a sell-out season at Sydney Theatre Company. In 2015, he was commissioned by Malthouse to write I Can’t Even, a monologue for Louise Siversen and Rhys Muldoon. 2017, A Strategic Plan premiered at Griffin Theatre. A Simple Act of Kindness premiered at Red Stitch Actors Theatre in 2022 and was nominated for a Green Room Award for most outstanding new writing. He writes a weekly column on politics and sports and knows how to collaborate and meet deadlines. Since 2019, he has been working with Vanessa Bates on the development of screen and audio projects.