The Author: Judith J. Thompson is a former lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Kansas, where she received her Ph.D. Her 1982 doctoral dissertation on Williams, which serves as the basis of this book, was awarded the university¿s Dorothy Haglund Prize for the year¿s outstanding dissertation. Dr. Thompson is a contributor to Tennessee Williams: A Tribute and to its abridged version, Tennessee Williams: 13 Essays. A former high school teacher, she co-authored an article in The Black American in Books for Children and has also published play reviews and poetry.