Peta Murray is a playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

, dramaturg and teacher of writing at RMIT

RMIT University

RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....

 and the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...

. She graduated from Killara High School

Killara High School

Killara High School is a co-educational public secondary school, located on Koola Avenue in East Killara, Sydney. Established in 1970, Killara High School is one of the highest performing comprehensive non-selective public schools in the state...

 in 1975, the same year as current principal Mark Carter, then went to university and became a teacher. She currently resides in Melbourne.

Plays

Murray's best-known play, Wallflowering, has had numerous productions in Australia and overseas. Her play Salt won the 2001 Louis Esson Prize for Drama in the Victorian Premier's Awards. Other works include Spitting Chips, an adaptation of Tim Winton

Tim Winton

Timothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany....

’s Blueback, The Procedure and The Keys to the Animal Room.

Further information

Peta Murray at AustralianPlays.org

Peta Murray at OzScript

Peta Murray at Doollee.com

review of 2004 production of Wallflowering

review of a production of Salt