About the author

Ian Fraser

<p> Ian Fraser is a South African writer and playwright, now a permanent resident in the US. His memoir, My Own Private Orchestra, was published by Penguin Books (South Africa) in 1993 and was nominated for the CNA Literary Awards.</p> <p> His plays have been professionally and successfully produced by theatre companies in South Africa, the US, and elsewhere. Most recently his work was staged at the Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island; at the Garioch Theatre Festival in the United Kingdom; and by Playwrights Round Table in Orlando, Florida. In 2007, he won the AcidTheatre &lsquo;Freedom of Speech&rsquo; Monologue Competition in the UK.</p>