- She was awarded the 1988 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for Our Country's Good.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as author of Best Play nominee "Our Country's Good."
- Her play, "The Love of the Nightingale" at the Red Tape Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2011 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play.
- 1956 is the year of birth she used when registering at Companies House, but other sources indicate she is between 5 - 12 years older, which seems more plausible as her parents were married in 1942 and that her father, writer Charles Wertenbaker, died in January 1955.
- Daughter of Lael Wertenbaker and Charles Christian Wertenbaker (1901-1955).
- Sister of Chris Wertenbaker (Dr. Christian Wertenbaker).
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