James Goldberg

He founded two organizations: the Mormon Lit Blitz (with his wife, Nicole Wilkes Goldberg) and the theatrical company, New Play Project.

He is a contributor to the Saints history project with the LDS Church, writing content for the volumes in the series.

Goldberg's grandfather, Gurcharan Singh Gill, was the first to emigrate to the United States from the Indian side of his family, and the first Sikh to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Since his scholarship was in a fixed amount, he only stayed for one semester before transferring to Brigham Young University (BYU) in January 2006 to finish his undergraduate degree in playwriting and directing.

[5][6] His personal essay, "Why I Hate White Jesus", won an honorable mention from the Eugene England Memorial Contest in 2019.

Occasionally, he will sit for biblical paintings in the hopes that his unique features will increase diversity in LDS art.

[2] He co-founded New Play Project, a nonprofit theater company, with fellow writer Arisael Rivera in April 2006.

As the company grew, Goldberg and Rivera decided to expand their audience and move off BYU's campus.