Lorraine Devon Wilke is a writer of screen-and-stage plays, articles, editorials, short stories and novels. In 2010, she launched her “arts & politics” blog, Rock+Paper+Music, and in 2011 became a popular contributor to HuffPost and other media sites. Her essays have been reprinted and excerpted in academic tomes, nonfiction books, and literary journals. She maintains a column here at Medium and a popular Substack titled Musings of a Creative Loudmouth. Her award-winning novels include After the Sucker Punch (2014), Hysterical Love (2015), The Alchemy of Noise (2019), and Chick Singer (2025).

Between writing assignments, Devon Wilke writes songs and sings with her band, Sixth & Third, and manages her photography site. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, attorney/writer, Pete Wilke.