Author Spotlight

Benjamin Dreyer

Benjamin Dreyer, author of the New York Times best seller Dreyer’s English, is the executive managing editor and copy chief of the Random House division of Penguin Random House. He has copyedited books by authors including E. L. Doctorow, Janet Evanovich, Frank Rich, and Elizabeth Strout, as well as Let Me Tell You, a volume of previously uncollected work by Shirley Jackson. He lives in New York City.

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Deep Dives

Irene Goes Wild

The great but underrated Hollywood star Irene Dunne made her transition to screwball comedy by playing the scandal-courting author at the heart of Theodora Goes Wild.

By Benjamin Dreyer

Features— Dec 12, 2022

First Person

Prisoners of Second Avenue

For reasons this veteran editor and best-selling author can’t fully explain, an unsung film adaptation of a Neil Simon play has become an abiding domestic comfort many years after he first encountered it.

By Benjamin Dreyer

Features— Jun 30, 2021