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Grew up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Graduated from Yale University, where he received the Curtis Literary Prize for his short fiction. Master's degree from Iowa Writers' Workshop. Published short stories in several literary magazines. Nominated for Oscar (adapted screenplay) for Chocolat. Latest produced screenplay is The Water Horse, a family film. He's a charter member of the Writers Co-op, a new company based at Warner Brothers that allows its member writers to produce and retain creative control over their own screenplays. Currently writing an original screenplay for the Co-op.

Mini Biography

Grew up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Graduated from Yale University, where he received the Curtis Literary Prize for his short fiction. Master's degree from Iowa Writers' Workshop. Published short stories in several literary magazines. Nominated for Oscar (adapted screenplay) for Chocolat. In 2007 his screenplay, The Water Horse, a family film, was produced and released. He's a charter member of the Writers Co-op, a new company based at Warner Brothers that allows its member writers to produce and retain creative control over their own screenplays.

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