Sarah Schulman, a renowned author, was born in 1958 in the vibrant city of New York. Throughout her illustrious career, she has demonstrated her versatility as a novelist, nonfiction writer, playwright, screenwriter, and AIDS historian.
Schulman's extensive bibliography boasts an impressive twenty books, including novels such as Maggie Terry, The Cosmopolitans, The Mere Future, The Child, Shimmer, Rat Bohemia, Empathy, People In Trouble, After Delores, Girls Visions and Everything, and The Sophie Horowitz Story.
In addition to her fiction, Schulman has also penned several nonfiction books, including Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP, New York 1987-1993, published in May 2021, as well as Conflict Is Not Abuse, The Gentrification of the Mind, Israel/Palestine and the Queer International, Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences, Stagestruck: Theater AIDS and the Marketing of Gay America, and My American History:Lesbian/Gay Life During the Reagan/Bush Years.
Schulman's work extends to the stage as well, with published plays such as Carson McCullers, Mercy, and produced plays like Carson McCullers (Playwrights Horizons),Manic Flight Reaction (Playwrights Horizons),Enemies, a Love Story (adapted from IB Singer- The Wilma Theater),and The Lady Hamlet (The Provincetown Theater: July 2021).
In the realm of film, Schulman has made significant contributions as a writer, with credits including The Owls (dir Cheryl Dunye),Mommy Is Coming (dir Cheryl Dunye),and Jason and Shirley (dir Stephen Winter). Furthermore, she has served as a co-producer on the documentary United In Anger: A History of ACT UP (dir Jim Hubbard).
