Monet Hurst-Mendoza is a playwright and TV writer from Los Angeles who lives in New York City. Her plays have been developed with The Alley Theater, Rising Circle Theater Collective, Astoria Performing Arts Center, WP Theater, The Public Theater, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Westport Country Playhouse, and Long Wharf Theatre. She is an alum of the Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater, R&D Group at The Civilians, Fresh Ground Pepper’s Playground Playgroup, WP Theater Playwrights Lab, and the Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists. She has been in residencies at MacDowell, Ucross, Stillwright, La MaMa Umbria International, The MITTEN Lab, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. Monet was a writer/producer for seasons 21–24 of Law and Order: SVU. Episodes she co-wrote won three Imagen Awards for positive portrayals of Latinos in media and a Mystery Writers of America’s 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination. Monet is a 2025 NYSCA Artist Grantee and a proud member of The Kilroys, The Dramatist Guild, and WGAE