Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman is a New York-based writer and playwright. She is the author of the story collection The Island Dwellers (2018), longlisted for a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, The Gettysberg Review, and The Baffler among others. Her plays include Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties; The Moors; The Roommate; and Witch. They have been produced off-Broadway, regionally, and in the UK, Australia, Spain, Switzerland and China. She is a two-time MacDowell Colony fellow, a member of New Dramatists, the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, an LMCC Fellowship, the Yale Drama Series Award, and a Playwrights of New York Fellowship. Jen also writes for TV and film. More info: www.jensilverman.com