Bridget O'Connor (18 January 1961 – 22 September 2010) was a
BAFTA-winning author, playwright and screenwriter. She may be best known for the play
The Flags, and her posthumously Oscar-nominated adaptation, with her husband,
Peter Straughan, of the book
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy for the
film of the same name. She died in 2010, aged 49, from cancer. In 2012, she posthumously won the
BAFTA Award for
Best Adapted Screenplay along with her husband.