Playwright and novelist. Born in Chicago. She visited Britain as part of a production at the Edinburgh Festival in 1986 and has remained here ever since. She has written many plays for radio and has published two novels 'Hanging by her Teeth' and 'Entropy'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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