JOHN JILER is a writer of both drama and prose. He was the recipient of both the Richard Rodgers Award and the Kleban Librettists' Award for his musical AVENUE X, which played in New York at Playwrights' Horizons and in some fifty cities around the world. He was a runner-up for the Weissberger Prize for his first full-length play SOUR SPRINGS. His work has been seen coast to coast, from the Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference to the Kennedy Center to Seattle Rep and many places in between. His most recent book, Sleeping With The Mayor, was named a New York Times' "Most Notable Book." His first, Dark Wind, was called by the Village Voice "a classic."
As a journalist he has also written for the NY Times, The Nation, and the Village Voice, where the stories that led to AVENUE X and Sleeping With The Mayor first appeared.
Among his current theatrical projects are BIG RED SUN, a World War Two-era story with composer Georgia Stitt, and his one man show RIPE, seen at both Playwrights Horizons and Theatre For The New City.
He has just completed his first novel, North Of Here, and three new plays; HALF MOON BAY, seen last year at the Nylon Fusion Theatre, SIROCCO, unveiled at the Actors Studio Playwrights\Directors Unit, and CHANNEL, recently workshopped at the Labyrinth Theatre.