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JOHN JILER
John Jiler (born April 4 1946) is an American playwright, author and journalist.

EARLY LIFE
Jiler was born in New York City, and attended Riverdale Country School, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Hartford.

CAREER
Jiler began his life in the theatre as an actor, winning the Chicago Drama Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1973, and performing at the Hartford Stage Company , Mabou Mines, the Public Theatre , and other  venues. As a writer his first recognition came at the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference in the early seventies, with his play AFRICAN STAR. Subsequent to that, he has been awarded a Jerome Fellowship, a Weissberger Prize from New Dramatists , the Harold Arlen Award , and the Richard Rodgers and the Edward Kleban Awards , the last two for his AVENUE X , which began at Playwrights Horizons and the Kennedy Center, and has been seen in some fifty cities around the world. His first book DARK WIND, was published by St. Martin’s Press, and his most recent, SLEEPING WITH THE MAYOR , was a New York Times “Notable Book Of The Year.”

PERSONAL LIFE
Jiler lives in New York with his wife Elizabeth Hovey, a college history professor, and his two children.