Catherine Ann Jones

Catherine Ann Jones (Katherine Rao) is an American dramatist and playwright as well as an actor and short story writer.

Awards
Jones's 2013 book, Heal Your Self with Writing, won the Nautilus Book Award in 2014.

Personal life
When Jones was 19 she met the East Indian writer and novelist Raja Rao who was lecturing on Indian philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. They were married in Paris in 1965 and had one son. The twenty-year marriage ended in divorce in 1986.

Television

 * 1976: Great Performances: "The Patriots" [S3.E28] – actress: Patsy Jefferson).
 * 1988: The Christmas Wife (TV film) – writer and producer.
 * 1996: Touched by an Angel: "A Joyful Noise" [S3.E2] – writer.
 * 1996: Unlikely Angel (TV film) – writer.

Plays

 * Freud’s Oracle
 * Calamity Jane
 * Calamity Jane the Musical (Best Production 2015)
 * The Women of Cedar Creek (NY Drama League Award, Beverly Hills Th. Guild Award)
 * The Myth of Annie Beckman
 * On the Edge: The Final Years of Virginia Woolf (NEA Award)
 * Somewhere-in-Between
 * Difficult Friends
 * The Hill
 * The Friend
 * A Fairytale for Adults
 * Always a Tomorrow