Rosellen Brown (born May 12, 1939) is an American author, and has been an instructor of English and creative writing at several universities, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Houston. She has won several grants and awards for her work, and her novel Before and After was adapted into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson.
Whole World Catalog, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1972 (Editor, with husband, Marvin Hoffman, and Martin Kushner, Phillip Lopate, and Sheila Murphy)
Street Games (stories), 1974; 1991
The Autobiography of My Mother (novel), 1976
Cora Fry (poems), 1977
Cora Fry's Pillow Book (poems),1994
Tender Mercies (novel), 1978
The Secret Garden (play; adapted with Laurie MacGregor the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett), 1983
Civil Wars (novel), 1984
Before and After, 1992
A Rosellen Brown Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose, 1992
Half A Heart: Based on Rosellen Brown's book of the same name which traces the lives of several people who participated in the civil rights movement and continue to live in its shadow. It is unclear who the Head Writer and showrunner will be.