Brenda Murphy was born in west Belfast in 1954.
He was married to another woman who lived nearby with his own family.
[1] As a teenager she joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army, was convicted of having guns and spent several years in jail.
[2] She has written a series of plays often set in working class Belfast which deal with contemporary issues such as the Troubles.
She has often worked in collaboration with the Brassneck Theatre Company.