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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Nick Mwaluko was born in Tanzania and raised mostly in neighbouring Kenya plus other East and central African countries. Nick worked for Reuters News Agency&rsquo;s regional headquarters in Nairobi, writing feature stories for thirteen different countries, including the Indian Ocean islands. Those stories grew into valuable source material for fiction. Published by UnCUT/VOICES Press, Nick&rsquo;s play <em>Waafrika</em> is a three-part trilogy set in rural Kenya featuring an interracial relationship between a blond American woman formerly with the Peace Corps and a queer-butch womyn from the local Luo tribe named Awino. The play&rsquo;s many awards include Best Lead Actress, Best Director, and Best Play. Of Nick&rsquo;s six residencies, participation in Time Warner&rsquo;s Emerging Writers&rsquo; Group (EWG) at The Public Theater, America&rsquo;s largest non-profit theater company, stands out. He has also been an Artist-in-Residence at Thinking Cap Theater. Nick&rsquo;s play <em>S/He </em>was remounted three times for Florida Gay Pride and published in <em>Plays and Playwrights 2009. </em>Other plays include <em>Asymmetrical We, Blueprint for a Lesbian Planet, Queering Macbeth, Brotherly Love, Trailer Park Tundra, Once A Man Always A Man, Mama Afrika, Mwena Mweni, Cop</em> and more. Nick held six residencies, most recently with Time Warner&rsquo;s Emerging Writers&rsquo; Group (EWG) at The Public Theater, America&rsquo;s largest non-profit theater company. Nick is Artist-in-Residence at Thinking Cap Theater. In addition to writing plays, Nick is currently writing a novel and contributes frequently to the <em>The Huffington Post.</em> Nick graduated with an MFA from <em>Columbia University</em> while a Point Scholar; received a B.A. in Literature-Writing from <em>Columbia University</em> with departmental fellowships and scholarships.</p>