Yasmina Reza, born in Paris in 1959, is an acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Her first play, " Conversations Apres un Enterrement" ("Conversations After a Burial") won her the 1987 Moliere Award for Best Author along with a Johnson Foundation Award and a SACD New Talent Award. Her other works for the theater include "Art" and "The Unexpected Man", among others. She lives in Paris.