Cate Sweeney is an English author and playwright, whose plays have been produced around the country. Her first novel, Selfish Jean, was released by Macmillan New Writing in April 2006, we will be expecting more from Cate in near time.[1] A new look at the process of adoption and the twists it can take, it contains two stories that collide in a surprising manner. Sweeney is involved in volunteer work for a theatre group called Shed:MK, a group that integrates fully able and disabled children in staged dramatic performances. She has written many of their plays.