Nancy Harris is an award-winning playwright from Dublin whose work has been produced in Dublin, London and New York.
Her plays include: Somewhere Out There You, Two Ladies, The Beacon, Our New Girl and No Romance. She has written stage adaptations of The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, The Red Shoesby Hans Christian Anderson and a version of Sophocles' Philoctetes for children: The Man With The Disturbingly Smelly Foot . She wrote the book and co-wrote the lyrics with composer Marc Teitler for two new musicals - Baddies The Musical and The Magician's Elephant (based on the book by Kate DiCamillo).
She is a past recipient of The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Stewart Parker Award and has been a finalist for The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
For television she is the creator and writer of the comedy/drama series The Dryfor which she received a BAFTA nomination.
