About the Author

Granville Wyche Burgess is an acclaimed playwright who has received awards from the CBS/Foundation for the Dramatist Guild and the National Endowment for the Humanities His music, Conrack, based on a memoir by Pat Conroy, had a sold-out run at Ford's Theatre. His television writing includes the classic, Tales from the Darkside, as well as Capitol, for which he received an Emmy nomination. He lives in Connecticut with his Amish-Mennonite wife, Reba.