Author & Books

A jaded high-school English teacher is forced to re-evaluate his life when his novel is passed over for one by one of his students.

A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.

I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.

A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

The story follows Emma as she writes a book in order to cope with a deadly home invasion and now a new terror will be unleashed, after a reading performed in her home.

This documentary on Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work examines her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex.

An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery. He is also there to face the memories of his first love. The people & places he returns to evoke many feelings from the past.

A grumpy novelist vows revenge when his wealthy neighbor builds a hideous mega-mansion next door.

Julie Davis writes bestselling children's books about unlocking your fears, but has yet to unlock her own. When her daughter is born, that trauma is brought to the fore, and with it, a crushing battle to survive.

An author has special insight, which he uses to write his novels and give them colour and depth. Consequetlly, he can identify troubled people by recognizing sings and patterns in them. He is typically correct when he encounters a suicidal person. His friends and he spring into action to try to mitigate suicides.

A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.

Depiction on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.

Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.

Cookbook author and environmental activist Diana Kennedy reflects on an unconventional life spent mastering Mexican cuisine.

Adrift in New York City, a recent college graduate's life is upended by his father's mistress.

An investigative journalist and self-proclaimed atheist sets out to disprove the existence of God after his wife becomes a Christian.

A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student.

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

An aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.