Non-fiction Writing
with Hitchcock (Faber and Faber, 2001)
The story of Alfred Hitchcock's collaboration with screenwriter John Michael Hayes
which resulted in four of the director's most enduring and popular films—Rear
Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who
Knew Too Much. Hal
Wallis: A Biography (work in progress; details to come)
The life story of Hollywood's most successful producer—the man behind such
films as Casablanca, Dark Victory, Kings Row, The Rose
Tattoo, True Grit, and more than a hundred others. I
Think I Might Have Done This (unpublished; on hold for legal reasons)
The tragic and bizarre story behind the Paul Cox case—a man's quest to find
out whether or not he committed a double-homicide. Screenplays Lazarus
Bethania, 33AD. Think you know the whole story? You don't. Hitched
The true story of Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with screenwriter John Michael
Hayes - the director's most frequent writing collaborator in Hollywood. The story
begins as Hayes is asked to script-doctor a troubled Hitchcock production, and
reflects on his adventures with Hitchcock ten years prior, when he penned a string
of hits beginning with Rear Window. Eventually Hitchcock grew jealous of
Hayes's success and severed the relationship when the writer refused to cater
to his outrageous demands. Vanishing
Point
Every forty seconds a child is reported missing. Some are runaways. Some are abducted.
Others have simply vanished. Special Agent Michael Slattery must track down a
woman who is contacting the parents of some recently missing children claiming
to have messages from them. Is she involved in the disappearances? Is she a crackpot?
Or does she truly possess the gift of second sight and speaks the truth? Adventures
of a Hollywood Hero Following
America's entry into World War II, Jack, a reluctant draftee is thrust into a
world of espionage when he is mistaken for writer who is actually a Nazi agent.
Jack is forced to carry on dual-role of a hotshot movie writer and double-agent
in order to smoke out a ring of spies operating in Hollywood. Italian
Lessons (with Franco D'Alessandro)
Cultures collide when two young lovers meet at a most inconvenient time in their
lives. Luke, an Italian-American, is trying to come to terms with his ethnicity
following the death of his parents. Kela, a Neopolitan beauty, desperately needs
to escape from outdated customs of the old world. Open
Season (with Franco D'Alessandro)
An assistant DA and a homicide detective set out to solve a series of gruesome
hate crimes carried out by a fanatical religious group against New York's gay
community. Fiction The
Great Tomato Adventure: A Story About Smart Safety Choices
(Duracell®
and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children®, 2007)
I was very pleased to contribute to Duracell/NCMEC's worthwhile Power of Parents
project. This teachable moments guide is a valuable tool for parents in the guise
of an entertaining, illustrated children's adventure. Illustrated by my very good
friend James Uttel. (For
more info, click the image on the left)
Shorter
works
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