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 Author Bio 
Carla Seaquist is a writer
and playwright. Since 9/11 she
has focused on writing op-eds
for national newspapers, most
regularly The Christian Science
Monitor. Her play-in-progress,
Prodigal, is a retelling of the parable
of the Prodigal Son. Other
plays include Who Cares?: The
Washington-Sarajevo Talks (Victory Gardens Theater,
Chicago; Studio Theatre, Washington, D.C.; Festival of
Emerging American Theatre, Indianapolis) and Kate
and Kafka. Her earlier career in civil rights culminated
in the post of Equal Opportunity Officer for the City of
San Diego and appointment to the California Governor’s
Task Force on Civil Rights. An international relations
major, she earned a B.A. with honors at American University’s
School of International Service and pursued an
M.A. at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies. Long a resident of Washington, D.C.,
she now lives in the "other" Washington (Gig Harbor),
where she serves on the board of Humanities Washington.
Her husband Larry, a former Navy captain, was
elected in 2006 as a Representative (Democrat) to the
state Legislature.
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