birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
california , usa 1953 michelanne forster
 michelanne forster playwright , scriptwriter university of auckland
michelanne forster

michelanne forster -lrb- born 1953 -rrb- is a new zealand playwright and scriptwriter who was born in california , usa .
her writing career began in the 1980s at television new zealand where she worked on the popular pre-school program `` play school '' .
her plays have been performed both nationally and internationally and are often based on historical accounts .
in 2011 forster was the writer-in-residence at the michael king writer 's centre .
