Writing · Teleplay · Screenplay · Writer
Active 1979–present · Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rome Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Awards, Tony Award for Best Play
Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles.