William Gibson

William Gibson was born in 1914 in New York City. He wrote poetry, fiction, and scripts for stage, television, and film. His plays include The Miracle Worker (Tony Award for Best Play, 1960), which was originally produced for television’s Playhouse 90; Two for the Seesaw; A Cry of Players; Golda; The Butterfingers Angel; Monday After the Miracle; Goodly Creatures; and Handy Dandy. He wrote the novel The Cobweb, as well as the musical adaptation of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy. His books include The Seesaw Log; A Mass for the Dead, a study of his family; and Winter Crook, a volume of poetry. His book A Season in Heaven examines metaphysics and the creative process, while Shakespeare’s Game is a critical study. He was married to psychoanalyst Margaret Brenman-Gibson, whose biography, Clifford Odets, American Playwright, appeared in 1982.