The Novelizers - An Affectionate History of Media Adaptations & Originals Their Astonishing Authors - and the Art of the Craft (color hardback)

<p>BEAR MANOR MEDIA is proud to present</p><p>THE NOVELIZERS by David Spencer</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>...which examines a rich literary category in a manner not merely for fans of media tie-in writing but for new explorers seasoned professionals...and even open-minded cynics.</p><p> </p><p>Advance praise from New York Times and internationally bestselling authors Lee Goldberg Alan Dean Foster Steven Savile and James Reasoner has already hailed it as definitive...a milestone...an eye-opener...a genuine treasure-plus well-written packed with information and above all entertaining.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Intertwined with its comprehensive history reaching back to the silent movie era THE NOVELIZERS is also a deep dive into the craft of adaptive and borrowed-universe storytelling.</p><p>Aspiring and veteran writers seeking new insight will find it no less revelatory than the aficionado peering behind the curtain of the creative process.</p><p> </p><p>As you drink in the history and the craft you'll also meet the people for whom the book is named-many of them profiled here for the first time anywhere-and fall in love with them via in-depth interviews and evocative close-up portraits.</p><p> </p><p>In the tradition of classic insider works about popular culture-such as William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade Craig Zadan's Sondheim & Co. and Marc Scott Zicree's The Twilight Zone Companion-David Spencer's THE NOVELIZERS resonates beyond its subject matter. It's not only the history of a genre...it's a full-blooded and deeply human chronicle of merging media in modern society. Of which tie-in writing has ever-increasingly become an inevitable inextricable component.</p>