A writer certainly flexes different muscles when working on a novel versus script, so it makes sense that he’d have to tap different social skills to navigate the shark-infested waters of NY’s publishing houses and L.A.’s movie biz. Three Austin writers will have something to say about that on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at a panel titled “Hollywood vs. New York: Three Writers’ Perspectives,” which is jointly presented by the LBJ Future Forum and the Texas Book Festival.
Dishing on the panel will be screenwriter/novelists Stephen Harrigan (The Gates of the Alamo), Owen Egerton (Marshall Hollenzer Is Driving), and Shauna Cross (who adapted her own YA novel, Derby Girl into the film script Whip It! for Drew Barrymore). Sarah Bird moderates.
The panel is open and free to the public, but registration is required. For more info on how to RSVP, go here.
This article appears in February 6 • 2009.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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