Ellie Keel is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Four, an Olivier Award-nominated theatre producer, and the youngest ever winner of The Stage’s Producer of the Year Award. She is the Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, the largest celebration of women’s writing for the stage in the world. With her company EKP, she has produced over thirty new plays to critical acclaim in London, at the Edinburgh Festivals, and on tour across the UK. Since 2024, she has co-led the National Theatre’s How to be a Producer course, as part of her ongoing commitment to developing the next generation of cultural leaders. Her journalism and short stories have appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Express,The Stage and others. In 2017 she collaborated in the founding of leading LGBT+ youth charity, Just Like Us. Her first play, SKYE: A Thriller, premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025. She lives in London.