Jane Bowles (1917-1973), author of a novel, Two Serious Ladies, aplay, In the Summer House, and a volume of stories, Plain Pleasures, was born inNew York City and in 1938 married writer Paul Bowles. She belonged to the NewYork artistic circles of the 1940s before moving with Paul to Paris and Tangier,where she knew Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, and Gertrude Stein, amongothers. Millicent Dillon, editor, is the author or editor of four books on Paul andJane Bowles, including A Little Original Sin- The Life and Work of Jane Bowles (1981) and Outin the World- Selected Letters of Jane Bowles (1985). She is also a novelist, a GuggenheimFellow, and a five-time O'Henry Award winner. She lives in Palo Alto, California.