i s a multi-award-winning writer and director whose plays have been produced Off-Broadway and around the country, incl. Actors Theater of Louisville, Williamstown, McCarter, Long Wharf, and Pasadena Playhouse. Published plays: Looking for Normal (2001 Ovation), The Baby Dance, Defying Gravity, Food & Shelter, Smart Choices for the New Century, Lynette at 3 a.m. and The Last Time We Saw Her. Other works: The Pink Studio, Hotel Oubliette. Her most recent, The Quality of Life (2008 Ovation), premiered at Geffen Playhouse and later at ACT, both directed by Ms. Anderson. Film & TV: wrote/directed The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio; wrote/directed Normal for HBO (six Emmy, three Golden Globe, Directors Guild and Writers Guild noms); wrote HBO’s groundbreaking The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (Emmy, PEN, and Writers Guild awards). Other TV films: When Billie Beat Bobby and The Baby Dance (Peabody Award; Golden Globe and three Emmy noms). She wrote/directed the first segment of If These Walls Could Talk II, which starred Vanessa Redgrave and earned Ms. Anderson an Emmy nom. Other screenwriting: How to Make an American Quilt and It Could Happen to You. Ms. Anderson resides in West Marin and L.A. with her spouse, Tess Ayers, and their son, Raphael.