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Lydia R. Diamond
Lydia R. Diamond (b. Detroit, Michigan, April 14, 1969) is an American playwright and professor. Among her most popular plays are The Bluest Eye (2007), an adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel; Stick Fly (2008); Harriet Jacobs (2011); and Smart People (2016). Her plays have received national attention and acclaim, receiving the Lorraine Hansberry Award for Best Writing, an LA Weekly Theater Award, and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

She has taught playwriting at DePaul University, Loyola University, Columbia College Chicago, and is currently at Boston University.