Rachel Ganz is a Canadian Jewish playwright and essayist. She holds a Bachelors of Science in physical anthropology from the University of Toronto as well as a certificate in playwriting from The National Theatre School of Canada and she is the 2015 recipient of the Sybil Cooke Award for her play The Dumb War . Rachel is currently pursuing her MFA in creative nonfiction with her memoir Where the Panic Goes: A survival and a haze.