Born and raised in China, Xiaoyan Kang is an immigrant playwright working in the United States. Her plays have been developed with The Playwrights Realm, Great Plains Theatre Commons, Et Alia Theater, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She has been recognized as a runner-up for the Jane Chambers Award, a finalist for the Alliance Theatre/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Award, and a regional winner (The Americas) of the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition. Some of her short plays have been developed at The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival and 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. MFA: Iowa Playwrights Workshop.