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East Coast/West Coast Smackdown, Lit Edition

By Kimberley Jones, February 12, 2009, 4:51pm, Under the Covers

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.