J B Edwards

J.B. Edwards (born October 3, 1951) is an American playwright known for works including: “William’s Last Chance” (2001), “A Family Reunion” (2002), “Una Reunion Familiar” (2003), “The Sanctuary” (2003), “Three Women Dating Henry” (2004), “The Day Einstein Died” (2005), “Einstein’s Secret Letters” (2005), “The Best of Everything” (2006), “A Delicate Matter” (2007), “Requeim for a Marriage” (2008) and “Sister Stories” (2009). His works are a study of typical American lives in the late twentieth century, and were influenced by the great American playwrights Arthur Miller and Edward Albee. Edwards' non-fiction books include: The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs (2001), Men Head East, Woman Turn Right (2006) and Plays by J.B. Edwards (2012). His fiction books include: Faagraph of an Ordinary Man and China Dreams.

Edwards was born in Bronx, New York, and after a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, did a stint in the U.S. Army. Coming back to New York for good, Edwards began a career as a writer, poet and novelist. Ironically, his first artistic success was as a painter, with his first shows in New York in the eighties. He continues to be a prolific painter of edgy abstract art, and his paintings are represented in several galleries and corporations in the U.S. Later in his career, Edwards began to write plays, and enjoys a continuing success in the Off-Broadway theater scene. He recently ventured into film work, writing and directing the movie version of his play Three Women Dating Henry.

J.B. Edwards is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the National Arts Club, and The Players Club of New York.