Jean Hanff Korelitz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jean Hanff Korelitz
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	May 16, 1961(1961-05-16)
Age	63
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Horoscope	Taurus

Jean Hanff Korelitz Biography

Jean Hanff Korelitz is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on May 16, 1961 in New York City, United States. Jean Hanff Korelitz (born May 16, 1961) is an American novelist, playwright, theater producer and essayist.

Admission was adapted by screenwriter Karen Croner for the 2013 film of the same name, starring Tina Fey.

In 2015 Korelitz and her sister, Nina Korelitz Matza, created Dot Dot Productions LLC to produce “The Dead, 1904”, an adaptation of James Joyce’s “The Dead” that she co-authored with Paul Muldoon. “The Dead, 1904” was produced for The Irish Repertory Theatre in The American Irish Historical Society from November 2016 through January 2017, starring Kate Burton as Gretta Conroy and Boyd Gaines as Gabriel Conroy and received generally favorable reviews. A second production, from November 2017 through January 2018 starred Melissa Gilbert as Gretta Conroy and Rufus Collins as Gabriel Conroy. A third production from November 2018 through January 2019 featured most of the remaining cast, including Melissa Gilbert as Gretta Conroy and Rufus Collins as Gabriel Conroy, with the addition of American tenor Robert Mack as Bartell D’Arcy. Gallery Press published The Dead, 1904 in November, 2018.

In 2015 Korelitz and her sister, Nina Korelitz Matza, created Dot Dot Productions, LLC, in order to produce The Dead, 1904, an immersive theater adaptation of James Joyce’s short story, The Dead, with The Irish Repertory Theatre. The adaptation of the story, “The Dead, 1904”, was by Korelitz and Paul Muldoon.

Korelitz’s book Admission is the basis for the 2013 film of the same name. The film was adapted from the novel by Karen Croner and directed by Paul Weitz. It stars Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, as well as Lily Tomlin, Wallace Shawn, Nat Wolff, and Gloria Reuben. The first trailer was released on November 15, 2012, and the film was released in the US on March 22, 2013.

Jean Hanff Korelitz Net Worth

Jean Hanff Korelitz is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jean Hanff Korelitz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

While living in England, Korelitz met Irish poet Paul Muldoon. The couple married on August 30, 1987 and went on to have two children: Dorothy (born 1992) and Asher (born 1999). From 1990 until 2013 on they lived in Princeton, New Jersey, where Muldoon has long taught Creative Writing. They now reside in Korelitz’s native New York City.

Admission, published in April 2009, was reviewed by a high school senior in the Education supplement of The New York Times who compared the college application process to the heroine’s mid-life crisis. Entertainment Weekly gave the novel an A- rating and called it “that rare thing in a novel: both juicy and literary, a genuinely smart read with a human, beating heart.” In its review, Huffington Post reviewer Malcolm Ritter singled out the “atmosphere and details” of the admissions office setting. “That’s fascinating for us who’ve gotten good or bad news from colleges for which we yearned, or shepherded ambitious children through the gauntlet of the application process.” The Wall Street Journal criticized the novel for its “wooden monologues” and “improbable love story”.

In 2013 Korelitz created Bookthewriter, a New York City based service that represents authors who are available to visit book groups in and around New York City. Bookthewriter’s author list includes novelists, memoirists, biographers, non-fiction writers, poets, humorists and food writers.

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Who is Jean Hanff Korelitz Dating?

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Is Jean Hanff Korelitz related to Helene Hanff?

Although readers and fans got a rare glimpse into Helene Hanff’s life in a 2014 tribute written by her cousin , writer Jean Hanff Korelitz, who recorded her first meeting with her famous relative.

Is there a movie about the book the plot?

The eight-episode limited series is the latest Jean Hanff Korelitz story to be adapted for the screen. Oscar and Emmy winner Mahershala Ali has been cast in an eight-episode limited series from Endeavor Content, titled The Plot.

What book is undoing based on?

The show’s storyline is based on the equally chilling 2014 novel You Should Have Known , written by Jean Hanff Korelitz. While there are many similarities between the book and the HBO show, The Undoing creator David E. Kelley and director Susanne Bier made several key changes to the plot to keep viewers on their toes.

Should have known novel?

“You Should Have Known” is a flat-out compelling psychological suspense tale that reminds us that smart women (precisely because they’re blinkered by their own brainpower) sometimes can make the most foolish choices.

Who wrote the plot?

Jean Hanff Korelitz