ABOUT LEE BLESSING
American playwright who became known for his 1988 work A Walk in the Woods.
He earned a BA in English in 1971 from Reed College.
His play, A Walk in the Woods, was nominated for both a Tony award and a Pulitzer Prize.
He married his first wife, Jeanne Blake, in 1986.
His 1991 play Fortibras is a sequel to William Shakespeare 's Hamlet.
