Warren Adler

Warren Adler (born December 16, 1927) is an American author, playwright and poet. His novel The War of the Roses was turned into a dark comedy starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. The stage play has premiered internationally in Belgium, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Norway, Iceland, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, France, Brazil, and Holland. An essayist, short-story writer, poet and playwright, Adler’s works have been translated into 25 languages. 2Education and early career Born in Brooklyn, Warren Adler graduated from P.S. 91, Brooklyn Technical High School, New York University, and attended the New School. Among his classmates were Mario Puzo and William Styron. 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. After graduating from NYU with a degree in English literature, Adler worked for the New York Daily News before becoming Editor of the Queens Post, a prize-winning weekly. During the Korean War, he served in the US Army in the Pentagon as the Washington Correspondent for Armed Forces Press Service. Prior to his success as a novelist, Adler had a distinguished career as an entrepreneur. He has owned four radio stations and a TV station, founded and ran his own advertising and public relations agency in Washington, D.C.; his firm Warren Adler Lt