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Writer Love Letters was written in 1989 by A.R.Gurney Born in Buffalo, New York, on 1st November 1930, Gurney, a graduate of St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), attended Williams College and the Yale School of Drama, after which he began teaching Humanities at MIT. He began writing plays such as Scenes from American Life, Children, and The Middle Ages while at MIT, but it was his great success with The Dining Room that allowed him to write full-time. Since The Dining Room, Gurney has written a number of plays, most of them concerning WASPs of the American northeast. Gurney also wrote the musical: Love in Buffalo. This was the first musical ever produced at Yale. Gurney has also written several novels, including: The Snow Ball The Gospel According to Joe Entertaining Strangers Gurney has also appeared in several of his plays including The Dining Room and most notably Love Letters. In 2006, Gurney was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Plays Ancestral Voices Another Antigone Big Bill Buffalo Gal A Cheever Evening (based on stories by John Cheever) Children The Cocktail Hour The Comeback Crazy Mary Darlene The David Show The Dining Room Far East The Fourth Wall The Golden Age The Golden Fleece The Guest Lecturer Human Events Indian Blood Labor Day Later Life The Perfect Party The Love Course Love Letters The Middle Ages Mrs. Farnsworth O Jerusalem The Old Boy The Old One-Two The Open Meeting Overtime Post Mortem The Problem Richard Cory Scenes from American Life Screen Play Sylvia Sweet Sue The Snow Ball (based on his novel) The Wayside Motor Inn What I Did Last Summer