She went to Columbia University School of the Arts where she studied with Romulus Linney, Eduardo Machado, Tina Howe, and Andrei Șerban.
[3][4] Also an established playwriting teacher, she teaches at New York University's Dramatic Writing Program, the Dramatists Guild Institute Link label, and PlayPenn [https://www.playpenn.org/classes/.
A review in the San Diego Union Tribune said, "Wilner explores the issues at hand with considerable wit and insight, and weaves in themes and even passages from The Crucible ... in some wonderful and surprising ways.
It premiered at Signature Theatre in 2015 and received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Original Play or Musical Adaptation.
[9][10] It was subsequently produced by Bucks County Playhouse and starred Euan Morton and Justin Guarini Wilner is a two-time winner of the Heideman Award granted by Actors Theatre of Louisville, for her plays Labor Day in 1998 and Bake Off in 2001, both of which premiered at the Humana Festival.