Steve Hockensmith's "Dreadfully Ever After"

Steve Hockensmith is the author of Dawn of the Dreadfuls, the best-selling prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. He also writes the “Holmes on the Range” mystery series. He lives in Alameda, Calif., with a grown-up person, two non-grown-up people and a semi-grown-up dog.Here he explains the prospects for a big-screen adaptation of his latest novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After, and his choices for the cast:Does anyone ask a kernel of corn if it wants to be ground up for tortillas, canned as a Niblet or puffed and powdered and dumped in a Count Chocula box? No.

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Russel D. McLean's "The Lost Sister"

Russel D McLean writes for Crime Spree Magazine, The Big Thrill, At Central Booking and Crime Scene Scotland. His short fiction has been published in crime magazines in both the US and the UK.His debut novel The Good Son was released in the UK in 2008 and the US a year later. His latest novel The Lost Sister is now out in the US.Here he shares some ideas for casting adaptations of the novels: Considering that both The Good Son and The Lost Sister have a recurring cast of characters, I've often thought more of a series of TV movies for the books, or maybe an adapted series. I'd love to keep th

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Mark Russinovich's "Zero Day"

Mark Russinovich works at Microsoft in the Windows Azure product team as a Technical Fellow, Microsoft’s senior-most technical position. He earned a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and he joined Microsoft when it acquired Winternals Software, which he co-founded in 1996. He is also author of the popular Sysinternals Windows administration and diagnostic tools. He is coauthor of the Microsoft Press Windows Internals book series, a contributing editor for TechNet Magazine, and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine.Here he shares so

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Scott Mariani's "The Mozart Conspiracy"

Scott Mariani grew up in St. Andrews, Scotland. He studied Modern Languages at Oxford and went on to work as a translator, a professional musician, a pistol shooting instructor and a freelance journalist before becoming a full-time writer. After spending several years in Italy and France, Mariani discovered his secluded writer's haven in the wilds of west Wales, an 1830s country house complete with rambling woodland and a secret passage. When he isn't writing, Mariani enjoys jazz, movies, classic motorcycles and astronomy.Here he shares some suggestions for casting an adaptation of h

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Jesse Bullington's "The Enterprise of Death"

Jesse Bullington spent the bulk of his formative years in rural Pennsylvania, the Netherlands, and Tallahassee, Florida. He is a folklore enthusiast who holds a bachelor's degree in History and English Literature from Florida State University. His novel The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart was one of Amazon's top ten Science Fiction & Fantasy books of 2009.Here he shares some ideas for cast, director, and soundtrack for an adaptation of his latest novel, The Enterprise of Death:Awa would possibly be the toughest to cast, as the novel follows her from adolescence to adulthood.

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Lou Manfredo's "Rizzo's Fire"

Lou Manfredo worked in the Brooklyn criminal justice system for twenty-five years. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Brooklyn Noir.Here he shares his preferences for the star and director of adaptations of his novels Rizzo's War and  Rizzo's Fire:My first Joe Rizzo novel, Rizzo's War, was published both in hard cover and audiobook. Emmy Award winning actor, Bobby Cannavale, performed as reader, and when first I heard his Rizzo rendition I was shocked: It was exactly the voice I’d been hearing in my ear as I wrote the boo

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Trilby Kent's "Stones for my Father"

Trilby Kent studied History at Oxford University and Social Anthropology at the LSE. She has written for the Canadian and British national press and in 2010 was shortlisted in the Guardian's International Development Journalism Competition. She is the author of two novels for children (published in Canada and the U.S.) and one for adults (published in the U.K.) and is working on a PhD. She lives in London, England.Her Stones for my Father follows 12-year-old Coraline Roux through the darkest days of the Anglo-Boer War: from the sacking of her family’s farm, to a trek across t

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Rosalind Brackenbury's "Becoming George Sand"

Rosalind Brackenbury is the author of twelve novels, a collection of short stories, and five books of poetry.Here she shares some ideas for casrting the main roles in an adaptation of her new novel, Becoming George Sand:Well, I'd choose Juliette Binoche to play George Sand and Naomi Watts to play Maria; possibly Ryan Gosling for Chopin? I would need a younger version of Liam Neeson for Sean - any ideas?Learn more about the book and author at Rosalind Brackenbury's website.The Page 69 Test: Becoming George Sand.Writers Read: Rosalind Brackenbury.--Marshal Zeringue

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Barbara Fradkin’s "Beautiful Lie the Dead"

Barbara Fradkin is a Canadian psychologist with a fascination for how we turn bad. Her gritty, psychological detective series features the quixotic, impetuous Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green. Fifth Son and Honour Among Men won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Canadian crime novel. Her latest, Beautiful Lie the Dead (2010) explores the deadly complications of love; a young bride-to-be disappears in the middle of a blizzard and an old family secret may be to blame.Here she shares some preferences for director and actors to bring Beautiful Lie the Dead to a screen, large or small, near you:

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Larry D. Sweazy's "The Badger’s Revenge"

Larry D. Sweazy's first western, The Rattlesnake Season, a Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger novel, was released by Berkley Books in 2009. Book #2 in the Josiah Wolfe series, The Scorpion Trail, followed in 2010. Book #3, The Badger's Revenge, was released on April 05, 2011, and Book #4, The Cougar's Prey, will be released in October, 2011.Here he shares some ideas for casting the principal roles in an adaptation of the new novel:The Badger’s Revenge is third novel in the Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. The book finds Josiah captured by two Comanche bounty hunters, far from home, and he must esc

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Ben Kane's The Forgotten Legion trilogy

Ben Kane is the author of The Forgotten Legion and The Silver Eagle. He lives in North Somerset, England.His latest novel is The Road to Rome, the final book in The Forgotten Legion trilogy.Here he shares some suggestions for director and cast of a big screen adaptation of his story:I have to confess that I very much wrote The Forgotten Legion with a movie in mind. With a backdrop of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of Julius Caesar to power, and with a panoramic sweep from Rome to the Middle East and Afghanistan, it provides the perfect settings for a wonderful blockbuster 'sw

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John Vorhaus's "The Albuquerque Turkey"

John Vorhaus is the author of The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even if You’re Not. An avid poker player, he has written several books on that subject, including the bestselling Killer Poker series and the poker-world novel Under the Gun. A veteran creative consultant, he has taught writing in twenty-four countries on four continents, most recently running the writing staff of the Russian version of Married ... with Children.Here he shares some ideas about casting an adaptation of his new novel, The Albuquerque Turkey:People who read my novels frequently say, “Man, that reads like a scre

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Brad Parks's "Eyes of the Innocent"

Brad Parks’s debut, Faces of the Gone, became the first book ever to win the Nero Award and Shamus Award, two of crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. His second book, Eyes of the Innocent, is now out from St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books. Library Journal gave it a starred review, calling it “as good if not better (than) his acclaimed debut.”Parks shared some thoughts on the actors to portray his main characters on the big screen:Ah, yes. The question readers love to ask, the question authors struggle to answer: If my book becomes a film, who should play the lead roles?Without a doubt

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Saundra Mitchell's "The Vespertine"

A screenwriter and author, Saundra Mitchell penned the screenplays for the Fresh Films and Girls in the Director’s Chair short film series. Now an executive producer and head writer for the programs, she mentors young screenwriters from first page to production.Her short story “Ready to Wear” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her first feature film, Revenge Ends, debuted on the festival circuit in 2008. Her debut novel, Shadowed Summer, won The Society of Midland Authors Book Award for Children’s Fiction, was a 2010 Edgar® Award Nominee, a VOYA Summer Reading selection, a Junior Library

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