Aislinn Brophy (they/she) is a queer writer and theater artist whose work seeks to explore hard truths about our world with empathy and joy. They graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Theater, Dance & Media, and are proud to have been part of Theater, Dance & Media’s very first graduating class. As an actor, they have appeared on stages in Boston, Atlanta, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and Maine. Some of Aislinn’s acting credits include: Nat in Morning, Noon & Night with Company One, Rosalind in Playing Mercury with ISLE Theater Company, Mariana in Measure for Measure with Brown Box Theatre Project, and Ellen/Mrs. Saunders/Cathy in Cloud 9 with Central Square Theater.
Aislinn is a cross-genre writer who works as both a playwright and an author. The world premiere of their play with music, Water, Water Everywhere, was produced by ISLE Theater Company. In 2022, they published their debut young adult novel How to Succeed in Witchcraft with Penguin Random House. How to Succeed in Witchcraft received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, was included on YALSA’s 2024 Best Fiction for Young Adults list, and was chosen as a 2023 honoree for the American Library Association’s Rise: A Feminist Book Project. Their second novel, Spells to Forget Us, was published in 2024, and was chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
