Writer Experience

Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker award-winning author of Ararat, Snowblind, Dead Ringers, and Of Saints and Shadows, among many other novels. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of two cult favorite comic book series, Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. Chris is also the editor of such anthologies as Seize the Night, The New Dead, and Dark Cities. His new novel, RED HANDS (released December 8th through St. Martins Press), is a part of the Ben Walker series which has been optioned by AGC for television development. This new supernatural thriller finds "weird shit expert" Ben Walker on the hunt for a young woman who has been infected by a deadly bioweapon, and must unravel the mystery of her now deadly touch. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Hands-Christopher-Golden/dp/125024630X https://twitter.com/ChristophGolden

For our 125th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 101-124 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from‬ industry professionals for HBO, Netflix, Marvel, DC, etc.

John Zaozirny is a manager and producer at Bellevue Productions, where he oversees the feature film production slate. He has a multitude of clients who have written for film and TV. His producing credits include Always Watching and Eli, as well as Parallel, which comes out in December, and Infinite, which is coming out in 2021. https://twitter.com/johnzaozirny

Danny Rubin is a screenwriter and playwright. He co-wrote with Harold Ramis the screenplay for Groundhog Day, for which the two received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He received a B.A. in biology from Brown University and a M.A. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University. Danny has taught screenwriting at numerous universities and lectured on the topic at academic conferences since 1995. He was a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English at Harvard University.

Isabella Mastrodicasa is a literary manager and producer at Heroes and Villains Entertainment. She started her career at Verve Talent and Literary Agency in the motion picture literary department, transitioned to The Kennedy/Marshall Company, and now at Heroes and Villains she is focusing on Influencers, international formats and European writers and directors.

Carol Weston is the author of 16 books, both fiction and non-fiction and has been the "Dear Carol" advice columnist at Girls' Life since the magazine's first issue in 1994. Her newest book is Speed of Life, which received starred reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Booklist. The New York Times Book Review called it "perceptive, funny and moving." About Ava and Pip, the New York Times Book Review said, "This is a book about sisterhood, but also a love letter to language." Carol has been on Today, CNN, Oprah, and The View and teaches writing at the New York Society Library. She’s also big on cats, walking, skiing, and art museums. Her husband, Rob Ackerman, a playwright who has done props for the SNL film unit for 25 years, was previously on the show. Carol published 3 personal essays in 2020, “Book Club With My Husband”, “Why My App Is So Very Proud of Me”, and “How I Finally Finally Finally became a Novelist”, which can all be found on her website. https://www.amazon.com/Speed-L

Barbara Bottner is a New York Times bestselling author. Since growing up in the 1960s Bronx, Barbara has had a hand in almost every aspect of book publishing. She has written and illustrated over 50 books for children, has reviewed books for major trade and consumer publications such as The New York Times, has published short stories and essays in national newspapers and magazines, has written written sitcoms and screenplays, and has been teaching writing and illustrating in major institutions, including UCLA, Otis Parsons, and the University of Miami since 1973. Barbara’s first young adult novel since the 1980s, I AM HERE NOW, just released in August and is on sale now. Set in the 1960s, I AM HERE NOW is a heartbreaking, powerful, and inspiring novel in verse about one artist’s coming of age--a strong depiction of what it's like to shatter your life and piece it all back together. https://www.amazon.com/Am-Here-Now-Barbara-Bottner/dp/125020769X http://barbarabottnerbooks.com/

Mick Garris is a director, screenwriter, author, and sci-fi and horror icon. He’s s best known for working on Sleepwalkers, The Fly II, *batteries not included, Hocus Pocus, Riding the Bullet, Psycho IV, Critters 2, The Mummy, Nightmare Cinema, Tales from the Crypt, Amazing Stories, Freddy’s Nightmares, The Stand, Masters of Horror and so many more. His new book, THESE EVIL THINGS WE DO is out now! He’s a frequent with Stephen King, has directed more Stephen projects than anyone else, and created The Master of Horror series, as well as creating and hosting his cult-favorite interview series, Post Mortem. https://www.amazon.com/These-Evil-Things-We-Collection-ebook/dp/B088YRC47C https://twitter.com/MickGarrisPM

Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis are screenwriting partners and the co-writers of Five Feet Apart and The Curse of La Llorona. They’re currently co-writing a new Dirty Dancing film from Lionsgate and a live action feature film Nightbooks for Netflix, which starts filming October 14, and the movie version of All This Time is currently in development. Mikki was previously on the show with Rachael Lippincott, who works with Mikki on writing the novels for Five Feet Apart and All This Time. https://twitter.com/mikkidaughtry https://twitter.com/tobiasiaconis

Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott are the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind FIVE FEET APART. Their new YA romance, ALL THIS TIME, on sale 9/29, asks: Can you find true love after losing everything? ALL THIS TIME is a compelling examination of love, loss, and finding strength in who you are. https://www.amazon.com/All-This-Time-Mikki-Daughtry/dp/1534466347 https://twitter.com/mikkidaughtry https://twitter.com/rchllipp

Smith Henderson is the author of Fourth of July Creek and lives in Montana. Jon Marc Smith lives in San Marcos, Texas, and teaches English at Texas State University. Together, they are co-authors and friends going back 20 years. Their new novel, MAKE THEM CRY, is on sale now! Smith and Jon Marc originally conceived the story for MAKE THEM CRY as a screenplay while on ecstasy at Tim O’Brien’s wedding, but thankfully found that it worked better as a novel, and their writing styles and research perfectly complement each other. https://www.amazon.com/Make-Them-Cry-Smith-Henderson-ebook/dp/B0831Q3862 https://twitter.com/relianteyeball

Olivia Charmaine Morris is Founder and CEO of Black Monarch Entertainment. Previously, she was Director of Development, Original Scripted Programming, for TBS. instagram.com/olivia_charmaine instagram.com/blackmonarchent

Gamal Hennessy is a comic book attorney and business consultant with more than two decades of experience. He is currently wrapping up a Kickstarter for his upcoming book The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing, which is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand overview of the business of comic book publishing. It’s edited by Aftershock editor-in-chief Mike Marts and features a foreword from writer and Heavy Metal executive editor Joseph P. Illidge. When he’s not practicing law, Gamal writes novels and provides both business advice and legal representation for comic book creators and publishers. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1089121379/the-business-of-independent-comic-book-publishing https://twitter.com/gamalhennessy

Bard Dorros is a partner at Anonymous Content, as well as a manager and producer. Some of the projects he's worked on include True Detective, Counterpart, Spotlight, and many more. He's currently producing Midnight Sky at Netflix, he's also producing Worth, and also the upcoming Last of the Mohicans TV series for HBO Max.

Seth Grahame-Smith is a New York Times best-selling author, and a screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as the author of The New York Times best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, both of which have been adapted as feature films, as well as The Last American Vampire and Unholy Night. He’s also the writer of The Lego Batman Movie and producer of It, and is the co-creator, head writer and executive producer of The Hard Times of RJ Berger, a scripted television comedy appearing on MTV. In collaboration with David Katzenberg, his partner in Katzsmith Productions, Seth is currently developing a number of projects for television and film. He is currently showrunning an anthology for Disney+, finishing Kung Fury 2, prepping an original horror movie, among many other projects. https://twitter.com/sethgs

Jay Faerber is a critically-acclaimed comic book and television writer. Currently he is a writer for The CW TV series Supergirl. He is also known for co-creating and writing such comic book series as Elsewhere, Copperhead, Noble Causes, Dynamo 5, and Near Death at Image Comics, and has worked on such iconic titles as Generation X, X-Men, and New Warriors for Marvel Comics, and The Titans and Green Lantern for DC Comics. He was also a writer for the TV series Star-Crossed and Zoo. https://twitter.com/jayfaerber

Ashley Edward Miller is a screenwriter and producer best known for his work on the films Red Sonja, Thor, and X-Men: First Class, and the television series Black Sails, Fringe, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Lore season 2. He also co-wrote the book Colin Fischer, with Zack Stentz, a screenwriter who he often collaborates with. He is currently developing Myst for television and is working on an original anime for Netflix due to be released end of this year. https://twitter.com/ashmasterzero

Paul is the creator and co-creator of the podcasts The Big Loop and The Black Tapes, a TV developer, and the author of You Suck, Sir: Chronicles of a High School English Teacher and the Smartass Students Who Schooled Him. https://twitter.com/MrPaulBae

Krista Sipp is a Literary Manager, Producer and Co-Founder of First Friday Entertainment, a management and production company founded by Devon Byers & Krista, dedicated to showcasing fresh and unique voices.

Jeff Lemire is the award winning, New York Times Best Selling Author of such graphic novels as Essex County, Sweet Tooth, and Underwater Welder, as well as the Co-Creator of Descender with Dustin Nguyen, Black Hammer with Dean Ormston, Gideon Falls with Andrea Sorrentino, and many others. Many of Jeff’s book are in active development for Film or TV, including Essex County, Underwater Welder, Plutona, Gideon Falls, Descender, Family Tree and The Black Hammer Universe at Legendary Entertainment, with Jeff attached as screenwriter and executive producer. Jeff’s Sweet Tooth is currently being adapted into a Netflix series produced by Robert Downey Jr. set to be released in early 2021. https://twitter.com/JeffLemire