His novel The War of the Roses was turned into a dark comedy starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
[4] In 2009, Adler was the recipient of the "Alumni of the Year" honor at NYU's College of Arts and Science[5] and was also the founder of the Jackson Hole Writer's Conference, WY.
After graduating from NYU with a degree in English literature, Adler worked for the New York Daily News before becoming editor of the Queens Post weekly.
During the Korean War, he served in the US Army in the Pentagon as the Washington Correspondent for Armed Forces Press Service.
The War of the Roses was adapted into a feature film starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito in 1989.
[8] Newsweek reported, "TriStar Pictures outbid Warner Bros and Columbia, and purchased the film rights to Private Lies for $1.2 million.
He argued that they no longer had a monopoly on marketing, distribution, publicity, and content, and stated prolific authors like himself should take charge of their own destiny.
[13] Adler regularly blogged for The Huffington Post and was the sponsor of a visiting writer series at the New York university department of creative writing.
The stage play has premiered internationally in Belgium, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Norway, Iceland, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, France, Brazil, and Netherlands.
[citation needed] This mystery series revolves around Fiona Fitzgerald, a woman in her 30s who was born into the illustrious family of a New York senator but chose to break away and become a homicide detective.