Maureen Hunter is one of Canada's most accomplished playwrights. She is the author of eight full-length plays, including Wild Mouth, Vinci, Atlantis and Transit of Venus, the first...ver maisMaureen Hunter is one of Canada's most accomplished playwrights. She is the author of eight full-length plays, including Wild Mouth, Vinci, Atlantis and Transit of Venus, the first Canadian play ever produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company of Britain. Her work has been produced extensively in Canada, as well as in Britain and the U.S. and by CBC and BBC Radio. It has been nominated for two Governor General's Awards, two Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. Other plays include The Queen of Queen Street, Beautiful Lake Winnipeg and Footprints on the Moon. She also wrote the libretto for the opera version of Transit of Venus, which premiered at the Manitoba Opera in 2007. A native of Saskatchewan, she lives on the banks of the Red River in Winnipeg.ver menos