Tracie Evette Morrison resides in Newark, New Jersey. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Douglass College, and her Master of Arts in Counseling from Montclair State University. Tracie brings over twenty years of combined experience in teaching and learning, professional development, and professional school counseling, within urban and suburban school environments, to her current role as a high school Assistant Principal. As a playwright, her inaugural stage play, The Prayer Dancer, was performed at the George Street Playhouse in 2004 and later published in 2015. Tracie returned to developing her craft as a playwright through the Writers Theatre of New Jersey Playwriting Workshop in 2019 and is currently a member of the Dramatist Guild, African American Playwrights Group (AAPG), Honor Roll Playwrights, International Centre for Women Playwrights and Playwrights’ Center. In November 2021, Tracie released her new book, PRAY-ER Talk, Listen Obey: Starting and Strengthening Conversations with God. Her 10-Minute play Flip Your Lid was selected for a reading in the MAC One Acts Festival in June 2022. Preach, Preacher, Tracie’s newest full-length play was selected for the Reader's Theatre of New Works at the National Black Theatre Festival in August 2022 and for the Pacific Northwest Multicultural Festival in August 2023. Her 10-Minute play Water Bar was presented by Chatham Players in the Jersey Voices 2023 Festival.