Jerome Kilty (1922-2007) was an American actor and playwright. He wrote Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters, a play that had a successful run in New York, which was based on the correspondence of famed playwright George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. He worked extensively on the stage, both in the United States and abroad. His other notable plays include Dear Love, a love story based on the poems and letters of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; The Ides of March, dealing with the actions and events surrounding the end of the Roman Empire; and The Little Black Book, wherein a lawyer falls in love with girl number 134 from his little black book. His play, Look Away, based on the book, Mary Todd Lincoln, by Justin and Linda Levitt, is set in an insane asylum exploring the title character's life.