Lucinda Margaret Grealy was an Irish-American poet and memoirist who gained significant acclaim for her book Autobiography of a Face in 1994. The memoir provides a poignant account of her childhood and early adolescence, focusing on her experiences with cancer of the jaw, which resulted in facial disfigurement.

In a 1994 interview with Charlie Rose, conducted at the zenith of her literary fame, Grealy emphasized that she regarded her work as primarily tackling the complex issue of 'identity.'