A Theatre graduate from the University of Winnipeg, Trish Cooper has worked as an actor and a writer in Winnipeg and Toronto. She began writing sketch comedy with the Royal Liechtenstein Theatre Company and wrote for the Fringe Festival circuit including The Year of the Panda (with Vanessa Macrae), The Comment Card, and Homely Woman #2. Social Studies, which Trish developed during her time in the Prairie Theatre Exchange Playwrights Unit, won the Chris Johnson Award in 2017. Cooper lives in Winnipeg.