Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:BLP sources Template:Use dmy dates Peter Parnell (Template:IPAc-en; born 1953) is an American Broadway and Off-Broadway playwright, television writer, and children's book author. Parnell is also Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America, the professional association of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Parnell is gay and is married to the psychiatrist Justin Richardson. They live in Manhattan with their daughter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

PlaysEdit

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  • The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket - starring Thomas Hulce - Playwrights Horizons - 1984<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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TelevisionEdit

  • The West Wing, Season One - Executive Story Editor - 1999–2000<ref name="imdb.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • The West Wing, Season Two - Co-Producer - 2000–2001<ref name="imdb.com"/>
  • The Guardian, Season One - Producer - 2001–2002<ref name="imdb.com"/>
  • Inconceivable, Season One - Producer - 2005<ref name="imdb.com"/>
  • Six Degrees, Season One - Consulting Producer - 2006–2007<ref name="imdb.com"/>
  • BrainDead - Producer - 2017<ref name="imdb.com"/>

Children's literatureEdit

  • And Tango Makes Three with Justin Richardson. The book tells the true story of two male penguins living in the Central Park Zoo who pair-bonded and together hatched a chick named Tango. The book has received numerous awards and was the single most challenged or banned book in the United States in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. It remains one of the ten most banned books in several countries.
  • Christian, the Hugging Lion, a children's book about the true story of Christian the lion.

Grants and awardsEdit

NEA, Guggenheim, Ingram Merrill and Lecomte de Nouy foundations; the Fund for New American Plays, Kennedy Center, American Theatre Critics' Association and Ovation awards for Best Play (for The Cider House Rules).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For ["And Tango Makes Three"]:

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  • Gustavus Myer Outstanding Book Award- 2006<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Further readingEdit

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