Lily Houghton is a playwright born and raised in Manhattan. Her plays have been produced/developed at MCC Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company, New York Stage and Film, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Flea Theater, NYU, Seattle Repertory Theater, New Harmony Project, 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, Normal Ave, Yale, Contemporary American Theater Festival as well as dozens of colleges throughout the country. She has won two Sloan Foundation Science Grants, the Elizabeth George Grant and is the recipient of Launch Commission from the Atlantic Theater Company. She has been a proud member of Youngblood playwrights group since she was twenty-two. She is a member of NYTW’s Usual Suspects and sits on the board of The New Harmony Project. Just announced: Lily is one of the winners of 2023 Relentless Award.

In the television and film, Lily currently has projects in development with Dakota and Elle Fanning's Lewellen, Mark Gordon, AMC Studios, Norman Reedus' Big Bald Head, Gia Coppola’s Detour, Utopia, Elliot Page’s Pageboy, Plan B, and Amazon. Diablo Cody will produce Lily's first feature. In the podcast space, Lily currently has a project in development with Temple Hill for Audible. Gia Coppola will direct.