Susan Sojourna Collier

Susan Sojourna Collier is an American television writer and playwright. With a background in poetry & playwriting, Sojourna Collier received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her writing on ABC Daytime's All My Children. Collier also wrote for One Life to Live. She collaborated with comedian/actor Tommy Ford (Martin, Who Got Jokes & Harlem Night) to produce a series of sitcoms and films distributed by Lionsgate/Grindstone. The first feature film Conflict of Interest was aired on Aspire TV Network [owned by Magic Johnson] – garnering the largest ratings for the network. This film premiered at the Las Vegas Black Film Festival, won Best Film at the BronzeLens Festival and Audience Choice at the Peachtree Village International Film Festival. The second feature, Switching Lanes, received the Best Feature honor at the Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival, is now available on Urban Movie Channel. In addition, she pinned the screenplay Get the Show on the Road; an adaptation of a romantic comedy novel, which was a semi- finalist in the Tribeca Screenwriting Festival. As a playwright, Susan-Sojourna has authored four plays produced throughout the east coast and she is the recipient of Playwrights Horizon Theatre's Black Ink Reading Festival, winner of the New York's New Professional Theatre's Writing Festival and Walt Disney Television Writing Fellowship. Her latest musical, Allegory On 125th Street, [music by Grammy nominee Terence Dudley] is being workshopped in Atlanta and New York City.