Paul Rudnick

COVER REVEAL!

My new novel, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? wil be published by Simon and Schuster on 3/25/25!

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/paul-rudnick/farrell-covington-and-the-limits-of-style/

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781668004678

Here’s the wonderful cover of my upcoming novel, to be published by Simon&Schuster in June. I’m wildly proud of this book, so I hope readers will enjoy it. It covers a range of subjects I’ve been wrestling with for years, and they’ve finally cohered, into a kind of epic that’s both hugely comic and deeply serious, centering on a passionate romance that spans decades, continents and every sort of upheaval and joy.

My new novel, a romantic comedy entitled Playing The Palace, will be published on May 25, 2021, by Berkley. It’s about a love affair between Carter Ogden, a gay NYC event planner, and Edgar, the Prince of Wales. And I think Meghan and Harry would approve!

I’ve got a new play called Guilty Pleasure, to be directed by the wonderful Christopher Ashley and produced at the LaJolla Playhouse. The play was scheduled for this Fall, but due to the pandemic, it will premiere next Fall.

On September 12, 2020, HBO will begin airing Coastal Elites, a script I wrote, directed by the amazing Jay Roach with a dream cast: Bette Midler, Dan Levy, Issa Rae, Sarah Paulson and Kaitlyn Dever. I wrote it to reflect everything we’ve all been going through over the past four years: the rage, anxiety, heartbreak and passionate concern for the future of our country.

I’ve tried to explore this through five smart, funny, heartfelt characters, all seeking honest answers, connection, a way to channel their fury, and above all else, hope.

I’m sorry I haven’t been updating this blog regularly but here’s some news:

Libby Gelman-Waxner’s If You Ask Me column is now appearing every few weeks on The New Yorker’s website.

I’m tweeting at PaulRudnickNY

This Wednesday, July 20th, I’m being interviewed by the wonderful Randy Cohen for his show Person Place Thing. It’s from 7 to 8:30 PM, at the Museum at Eldridge Street, a gloriously restored synagogue which is worth a trip in itself, at 12 Eldridge Street. Each guest is asked to name a person, place and thing of great personal significance, so come by and hear mine!