Molly Sweeney
One of Ireland's foremost playwrights,Brian Frielhas written more than twenty plays since his debut in 1965, most notably the Tony Award-winningDancing at LughnasaandMolly Sweeney(available in a Plume edition). Friel has been a member of the Irish Academy of Letters since 1983 and has received awards from the National University of Ireland and Queen's University in Belfast. He lives in Donegal with his wife and five children.