Carla Du Pree is a fiction writer, a local, state, and national arts advocate, and the executive director of Baltimore’s esteemed literary nonprofit, CityLit Project, known for its CityLit Festival, CityLit Stage at the Baltimore Book Festival, CityLit Studio, and A Home for the Heart to Live In.

CityLit Project nurtures the culture of literature in Baltimore and throughout Maryland. We create enthusiasm for the literary arts, connect a community of avid readers and writers, and design opportunities for diverse audiences to embrace the literary arts.