Brian Yorkey

Brian Yorkey is an American playwright, lyricist and theatre director. He shared the 2009 Tony Award for Best Original Score with composer Tom Kitt and was nominated the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal. A native of Issaquah, Washington, Yorkey graduated from Columbia University, where he served as the artistic director of the Varsity Show. He also is an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.