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Warren Adler is a world-renowned novelist, short story writer and playwright. His 32 novels and story collections have been translated into more than 25 languages and two of his novels, The War of the Roses and Random Hearts, have been made into enormously popular movies, shown continually throughout the world.

The War of the Roses has reached classic iconic status and has entered the nomenclature as a legal definition of a contentious divorce. It has been adapted by Mr. Adler as a play that has been produced in numerous countries to critical acclaim. It is currently under consideration for a Broadway musical.
Three short stories from his acclaimed collection The Sunset Gang have been adapted as a trilogy and shown repeatedly on the Public Te...more


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Published on May 24, 2012 09:52
Average rating: 3.06 · 373 ratings · 72 reviews · 42 distinct works
The War of the Roses
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions
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Random Hearts
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions
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American Quartet (Fiona Fit...
2.76 of 5 stars 2.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions
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Funny Boys
2.59 of 5 stars 2.59 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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New York Echoes: Short Stories
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007
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The Simple Art of Murder
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,258 ratings — published 1950 — 14 editions
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 2,182 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions
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Mourning Glory
2.88 of 5 stars 2.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions
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The Housewife Blues
2.8 of 5 stars 2.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions
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Private Lies
2.78 of 5 stars 2.78 avg rating — 9 ratings6 editions
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“The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you can’t, you’re dead”
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“Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.”
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“The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you can’t, you’re dead”
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