Rosemary John arrived in Australia only a few months before joining the M.R.P.C. [Murray River Performing Group] as an actor and writer. After studying at Manchester University, she won a scholarship to Tulane University; she worked in America for six years with companies such as Missouri Repertory, Southern California Conservatory Theatre, La Mama Hollywood and D.P.I. Kansas City.
Her 2015 play As Told by the Boys Who Fed Me Apples was supported by an Australian Government Anzac Centenary Arts and Culture Fund grant for production at Big West Festival.
In 2017, Rosemary received a DFAT grant to attend final rehearsals and the European premiere of "Black Box 149" at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, the first time that German State Theatre has ever produced a play by an Australian playwright. The play was produced in repertoire and was also a participant in the Australia now Focus Germany program of 2017.
Sources include note on backcover of Luck of the Draw, 1986; information from author.