Beth Henley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and Dramatist Critics Circle Award for her play Crimes of the Heart, as well as Tony and Academy Award nominations.  Her other works include The Miss Firecracker Contest, The Wake of Jamey Foster, The Debutante Ball, Abundance, and Impossible Marriage, which debuted off-Broadway in 1998 starring Holly Hunter. Her work has been produced internationally and translated into over 10 languages.