Professor Frank McGuinness (born 29 July 1953) is an Irish writer. As well as his own works, which include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, he is recognised for a "strong record of adapting literary classics, having translated the plays of Racine, Sophocles, Ibsen and Strindberg to critical acclaim". McGuinness has been Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin (UCD) since 2007.