France-Luce Benson is a Haitian-American playwright/screenwriter and Assistant Professor at CSU San Marcos. From 2021-2022 she was a staff writer on Paramount Plus’ Lawmen: The Bass Reeves Story. Her play Detained, was the winner of four NAACP Theatre Awards. Additional honors include The Lily’s Lorraine Hansberry Award, Dramatist Guild Fellow, NYSCA's Individual Artist Award, Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Fellow, Zoetrope’s Grand Prize for original screenplay, and Sam French OOB Festival Winner. Her plays have had productions at Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Fire This Time Festival, The Fountain Theatre, Billy Holiday Theatre, New Black Fest, Crossroads Theatre, Juggernaut Theatre, and Ensemble Studio Theatre NYC where she is a company member; and development workshops at Atlantic Theatre Company, The Playwright’s Center, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, among others. She is also a recipient of Sony’s Teaching Artist Award for Innovative Curriculum. Her plays have been published by DPS, Samuel French, and Routledge. She’s a proud member of the Writer’s Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild.