La'Chris Jordan is an actor, poet and playwright who was named one of the "50 to Watch" by the Dramatists Guild of America. Jordan's plays have been developed and produced across the country in venues such as Urban Stages, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, the National Black Theatre Festival, the NAACP Theatre Festival, the Ashland New Play Festival, and the Kennedy Center as part of the Essential Theatre's New Play Reading Series under the artistic direction of S. Robert Morgan of HBO's critically-acclaimed, "The Wire." Jordan has received countless recognition for her work, including being selected as a semifinalist for Julliard's 2013 Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwriting Program. As a resounding voice of the dramatic arts, Jordan is excited to share her debut novel with readers. She is currently at work on the second book in the Bellevue Trilogy, "The Roses I Left Behind" which is due to be released in Spring 2015. A broadcast journalism graduate of the University of Washington, La'Chris currently resides in Los Angeles, California.