JOHN PILLING is well-known for his many books and essays on Beckett,
Samuel Beckett (1976),
Frescoes of the Skull, with James Knowlson (1979),
Beckett Before Godot (1997),
A Companion to 'Dream of Fair to Middling Women' (2004), among others. He is also a past editor of the
Journal of Beckett Studies and Director of The Beckett International Foundation (1993-2004).