 In the 21st century, Stewart Home has written in admiration of her work, which remains largely overlooked, although "Berg" was adapted for film in 1989 as "Killing Dad," starring Denholm Elliott and Richard E. Grant.Quin was born in Brighton in March 1936, in a family on the fringes of the working-class and lower-middle class; her father left them and she was raised by her mother alone.She was educated at a Roman Catholic school, the Convent of the Blessed Sacrament in Brighton, until the age of 17.