Eric Coble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised on the Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado. He is widely considered to be one of the tallest playwrights in America.

His Tony-nominated play “The Velocity of Autumn” premiered on Broadway at the Booth Theatre directed by Molly Smith, starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella. Other scripts include “Bright Ideas”, “Southern Rapture”, “Fairfield”, “A Girl’s Guide to Coffee”, "My Barking Dog" and “The Giver” and have been produced Off-Broadway, in all fifty states of the U.S., and on several continents, including productions at Manhattan Class Company, The Kennedy Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Arena Stage, New York and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, Cleveland Play House, South Coast Repertory, New Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, Curious Theatre, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Southern Rep, Habima Theatre (Israel), Pentacion Productions (Spain), Teatr Polski (Poland), Orange Row (Mexico), and The Contemporary American Theatre Festival (USA).

Awards include the AATE Distinguished Play Award for Best Adaptation, an Emmy nomination, the Edgerton Award for New American Plays, the Chorpenning Playwriting Award for Body of Work, the AT&T Onstage Award, National Theatre Conference Playwriting Award, the Cleveland Arts Prize, two Cuyahoga Arts and Culture Fellowships, and four Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Grants.