Table of Contents
Introduction Stephen Jay Schwatrz 9
Betting on Bosch Michael Connelly 19
The Burglar on the Screen Lawrence Block 27
This Time it's Personal Max Allan Collins 39
The Seductress Alan Jacobson 47
Writing Homeland or How Living with Bipolar in Hollywood is Redundant Andrew Kaplan 59
Swing Hollywood Tess Gerritsen 71
On Selling a Novel to Hollywood From His Memoir The Los Angeles Diaries James Brown 85
Tales of Woe in Glittertown Stephen Jay Schwartz 93
An Interview with Jonathan Keller man 103
Where the Author Fits in the Movie Food Chain Peter James 119
What Not to do to Make it in Hollywood Rob Roberge 127
Does it Have to be an Earthquake Lee Goldberg 137
Independent Will Naomi Hirahara 147
Jeff Parker Goes to Hollywood T. Jefferson Parker 155
Detour Takes a Detour Diana Gould 159
Goliath Beats David (Often) Joshua Corin 169
An Interview with Gregg Hurwitz 175
A Woman Wouldn't Do That Alexandra Sokoloff 191
Acknowledgments 203