About Nell Dunn
Nell Mary Dunn is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. She is known especially for a volume of short stories, Up the Junction, and a novel, Poor Cow. Dunn's first novel, Poor Cow (1967) was made into a film in the same year, starring Carol White and Terence Stamp, under Loach's direction. Dunn's first play Steaming was produced in 1981 and a television film Every Breath You Take in 1987. The book, awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, was a controversial success at the time for its vibrant, realistic and non-judgemental portrait of its working-class protagonists. She won the 1982 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Steaming.
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