Occupation Author Role Author Name Warren Adler | Subject Writing Nationality American Spouse Sonia Adler | |
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Born December 16, 1927 (age 96)
Brooklyn, New York ( 1927-12-16 ) Genre Fiction, Poetry, Essays Notable works The War of the Roses, Random Hearts, The Sunset Gang Movies The War of the Roses, Random Hearts, Fiona, What Doesn't Kill You Children Michael Adler, Jonathan Adler, David Adler Education New York University, Brooklyn Technical High School, The New School Books The War of the Roses, Funny Boys, Random Hearts, The Sunset Gang, Trans‑Siberian Express Similar People Kathleen Turner, Sydney Pollack, Brian Goodman, Rand Ravich, Michael Adler | ||
Target churchill by warren adler
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.
Contents
- Target churchill by warren adler
- American quartet by warren adler review giveaway
- Education and early career
- Writing career
- Fiona Fitzgerald Series
- References
American quartet by warren adler review giveaway
Education and early career
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.
Writing career
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 There was an unprecedented bidding war in a Hollywood commission for his unpublished book Private Lies.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 …the highest sums yet paid in Hollywood for an unpublished manuscript."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.
In 1981, Adler authored a sequel to The War of the Roses called The Children of the Roses. The follow-up focuses on the aftermath of the events in The War of the Roses, and the effect the Roses' divorce had on their children. In 2013, the novel was re-issued as The War of the Roses - The Children.
From its conception, Adler was involved in electronic publishing. In the early 2000s, Adler predicted the decline of printed books and he envisioned digital publishing becoming the norm. He acquired his complete back-list and converted this library to a digital publishing format, published now under his own company, Stonehouse Press. He based this action on the hope that his books would never go out of print; they would last beyond his lifetime and would be a legacy of his life’s work. Adler wrote an article for the The Author’s Guild stating that authors had best prepare for a major change in the way traditional publishing businesses operated. He argued that traditional publishers no longer had a monopoly on marketing, distribution, publicity, and content and stated prolific authors like himself should take charge of their own destiny since traditional publishers would slowly fade as the principle conduit from authors to readership.
Adler himself regularly blogs for The Huffington Post and is the sponsor of a visiting writer series at the New York university department of creative writing.
Fiona Fitzgerald Series
Fiona Fitzgerald mystery series revolves around Fiona Fitzgerald, a woman in her 30’s who was born into the illustrious family of a New York senator but chose to break away and become a homicide detective.
American Quartet is the first book, and it was not originally planned as a series until the New York Times listed the novel on its list of "Notable Crime Fiction" in December 1982, and calling it "high-class suspense." Following American Quartet, Fiona embarks on a long journey of harrowing cases throughout seven other books. American Sextet deals with a sex scandal involving six of the most important individuals in Washington D.C. Immaculate Deception deals with a congresswoman who is a pro-life supporter—she is not only found dead, but pregnant. The Witch of Watergate focuses on the death of a gossip columnist, who is discovered hanging from a balcony in the Watergate apartment complex. Senator Love is about a womanizing senator whose lover is found murdered. The Ties That Bind focuses on a sado-masochistic killing in a Washington D.C. hotel. The Death of a Washington Madame is about the murder of one of Washington D.C.’s most important hostesses. And in Washington Masquerade, the latest novel in the series, Fiona unravels the death of a prominent Washington Post political columnist and fierce critic of the current Administration.
The Fiona Fitzgerald novels are currently in development to be adapted for a television series.