Jen Silverman is an American playwright, TV writer, and novelist known for a diverse body of work. They grew up living and traveling in Scandinavia, Asia, and Europe, in addition to the United States. Silverman has a rich educational background, having completed a Bachelor of Arts in comparative literature at Brown University, a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting at the University of Iowa, and earning a Graduate Diploma from the Juilliard School.

They are the author of The Island Dwellers, an interlinked story collection published by Random House. Silverman's theater work includes The Moors (Yale Repertory Theatre premiere, off-Broadway with The Playwrights Realm, Susan Smith Blackburn finalist); The Roommate (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Humana world premiere, multiple regional productions including South Coast Rep, SF Playhouse and Williamstown Theatre Festival, upcoming at Steppenwolf); Phoebe In Winter (Off-off Broadway with Clubbed Thumb); Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties (Woolly Mammoth premiere); and All the Roads Home, a play with songs (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park premiere).

Jen is a revered member of New Dramatists, a Core Writer at the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, and maintains a strong presence in both the theatrical and literary scenes.