Jen Silverman is an American playwright, TV writer, poet, and novelist.
Silverman grew up living and traveling in Scandinavia, Asia, and Europe as well as the United States.
[1] They are the author of the books The Island Dwellers, an interlinked story collection published by Random House, and the novels We Play Ourselves and There's Going to Be Trouble.
Silverman has published essays on the relationship between art and morality in The New York Times and Vogue.
[3][4] Silverman is set to make their Broadway debut as a playwright in the fall of 2024 with their play The Roommate at the Booth Theatre, starring Mia Farrow and Patti Lupone.