E. Claudette Freeman is an author, playwright, certified life coach (through The Blend Academy), and a lover of words and stories. Freeman prides herself on writing stories and works that she hopes will have a powerful impact, and impact, she believes, “Is something you must be determined to create.” 

Freeman's theatrical honors include being chosen for theatre festival readings in two consecutive years for the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, placing for two consecutive years in the Quest Theatre of West Palm Beach Loften Mitchell New Playwrights' Festival, being chosen for the Pacific Northwest Theatre and Film Festival, and being chosen twice for the Reading Series of the National Black Theater Festival. She is also recognized for co-authoring (with the late Bhetty Waldron) the initial touring production of Charcoal Sketches and for being commissioned to author a Black history production, From the Porch, starring Danny Glover, by the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority. She was also commissioned by the City of West Palm Beach Community Relations board to create a piece on the life of the phenomenal artist and sculptor Augusta Savage.  

She was honored to have a season of her works produced by the Heritage Ensemble Theatre of Richmond, VA. Other full theatrical productions have been staged in Miami, FL; at the Women’s Theatre Festival of Memphis; at the Chattanooga Festival of Arts and Letters Playwriting Festival; and in the Theatre Unmasked Series in West Palm Beach, FL.

She has also been honored to study and work with famed playwright/producer Vinnette Carroll, author Ntozake Shange, playwrights Tammy Ryan, Vanessa Garcia, and Nilo Cruz.

She is the author of the collection of short stories Pieces And Me: The Stuff Wakes Me Up At Night, the novel Precious Redemption, and is a contributing author to the short fiction collection When I Kill Him, Jesus Can Have Him, and is a contributor to Chicken Soup For The African American Woman’s Soul. Get more at www.eclaudetteliterary.com