Ezzat Goushegir, was born in Iran. She received her Bachelor degree in Playwriting and Dramatic Literature from College of Dramatic Arts in Tehran, Iran. She immigrated to the United States in 1986 where she received her M.F.A from University of Iowa Theater Department.She is a playwright, author, film critic and a poet. She has published Four books (in Farsi), including collections of short stories: The Woman, the ROOM, and Love, … And suddenly the panther cried: WOMAN; Migration in the Sun, a book of poetry and Metamorphosis and Maryam's Pregnancy, Two plays, a book of plays. Her plays have been produced by a variety of theater companies including Maryam's Pregnancy, which won a Richard Maibaum award and Behind the Curtains, recipient at a Norman Felton award. Among her many activities, she is a regular contributor to literary journals, and her writing has appeared in publications in Iran, France, Germany, and Canada.

In 1990 she was a Fellow Writer in the University of Iowa International Writing Program and in 1992 contributed in the Second Conference of International Women's Playwrights in Canada. She is currently teaching playwriting at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.