Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Plays include: Spain (upcoming at Second Stage), The Moors, Collective Rage and The Roommate. They are a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a NEA and Guggenheim fellow, a member of New Dramatists, and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. They wrote The Miranda Obsession as a narrative podcast for Audible, starring Rachel Brosnahan. They also write for TV and film, including Tales of the City (Netflix) and Tokyo Vice (HBO / Max). Silverman’s debut novel, We Play Ourselves, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and their story collection, The Island Dwellers, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. Silverman’s new novel There’s Going to be Trouble is upcoming from Random House in April 2024.