Maggie O'Farrell, RSL, is a novelist from Northern Ireland. Her acclaimed first novel, After You'd Gone, won the Betty Trask Award, and a later one, The Hand That First Held Mine, the 2010 Costa Novel Award. From Wikipedia
The Shakespeare-inspired film, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, will debut in limited theaters on November 27 and expand nationwide on December 12.