- Won Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Book (Musical) for "The Secret Garden," She was also Tony-nominated two other times: in 1983, as author of Best Play nominee "Night, Mother," and, also in 1991 and also for "The Secret Garden," writing the lyrics to collaborator Lucy Simon's music as Best Score (Musical).
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 131, pages 331-337. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- She won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1983 for the play "'Night, Mother."
- Her play, "Getting Out", was awarded the 1980 Joseph Jefferson Award for "Play Production", at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- Her play, "night, Mother" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1986 Outstanding Production Award.
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