Warren Adler
| Warren Adler | |
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| Born |
December 16, 1927 (age 89) Brooklyn, New York |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | New York University, The New School |
| Genre | Fiction, Poetry, Essays |
| Subject | Writing |
| Notable works | The War of the Roses, Random Hearts, The Sunset Gang |
| Spouse | Sonia Adler |
| Children | Michael Adler, Jonathan Adler, David Adler |
| Website | |
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Warren Adler (born December 16, 1927) is an American author who has written forty books, 12 of which he went on to sell the movie and film rights to. He is best known for The War of the Roses novel, the fictionalization of a macabre divorce. This dark comedy was soon turned into a movie starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. An essayist, short-story writer, poet and playwright, Adler’s works have been translated into 25 languages. Adler currently has 3 films and 1 television series in development.
He attended and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School. In 2009, Adler was the recipient of the “Alumni of the Year” honor at NYU’s College of Arts and Science and is also the founder of the Jackson Hole Writer’s Conference, WY.
He published The War of the Roses, and Random Hearts. The War of the Roses was adapted into a feature film starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito in 1989. Random Hearts was adapted into a film starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas in 1999. There was an unprecedented bidding war in a Hollywood commission for his unpublished book Private Lies. Newsweek reported, “TriStar Pictures outbid Warner Bros and Columbia, and purchased the film rights to Private Lies for $1.2 million. …the highest sums yet paid in Hollywood for an unpublished manuscript."
Adler also wrote The Sunset Gang, produced by Linda Lavin for PBS’ American Playhouse series. It was adapted into a trilogy starring Uta Hagen, Harold Gould, Dori Brenner, Jerry Stiller and Ron Rifkin garnering Doris Roberts an Emmy nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series’. The musical version of The Sunset Gang received an Off-Broadway production with music scored by noted composer L. Russell Brown.
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