Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels.
<p/>Anne-Marie Casey is a screenwriter, novelist, and playwright. Her novels include An Englishwoman in New York and The Real Liddy James. Her plays include stage adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 2011; Watford Palace Theatre and Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 2022) and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (Gate Theatre, 2014). A graduate of Oxford University, Syracuse University, and the short directing program at NYU, she holds dual UK/Irish nationality.
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