Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author (died 2006)

Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles.

October 18 is the 291st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 74 days remain until the end of the year.