WRITER

Welcome to my website!                                     If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood I'd type faster...Isaac Asimov                                                                        

Sorry for showing my age with a Grateful Dead reference,

but what a LONG STRANGE TRIP we've all been on these

these last four years.  You can click this: NEW BLOG,  to see 

my new blog. I've had this website for a few

years, but now I've decided to write an occasional post

and publish some of my shorter creative work. 

So do come back!

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I started writing when I was twelve, but it wasn't until

completing a masters in psychology 25 years later that

I had an idea for a novel.  Since then there have been three

novels (well really six but only three were published),

including A Reasonable Madness (Birch Lane/Signet).

Flight (Dutton/Signet) and Saving Elijah (Putnam),

All three books got amazing reviews, as you can see 

on this page, where I've posted some lovely words of 

praise from the critics. All my novels have been 

translated into other languages, and optioned

numerous times for films, sometimes by famous actresses,

including Emma Thompson and Isabella Rossellini.

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I've recently been working on screenplays and play, and I've also published many essays, articles, and poetry in a variety of lit journals and other publications including McSweeneys, The Muse, Ars Medica, Forbes, Bottom Line, and American Writers Review. 

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None of my novels has (yet) become a film, although a few years ago a German producer  optioned A Reasonable Madness, and I've teamed up with WGA-nominated screenwriting partner, Christopher Carlson, to adapt the book for a German language film, which we believe will be fascinating edge-of-the-seat psychological thriller, a la Hitchcock or DePalma.  We're also developing my third novel, "Saving Elijah" as a drama series for television. It's a cross genre family drama/ghost story/thriller that still expresses the essential psychological truths at the core of that novel, and the profound personal experience of losing my son that inspired it.  (go to  the  PLAYS/SCREENPLAYS tab for the full story of these two projects). 

I'd say all my major works (novels, plays and screenplays) are about the same thing:   Human beings in psychological conflict with their inner demons.   It's not a coincidence that I'm also a clinical social worker and psychotherapist.  (For that Fran, go to: www.frandorf.com,) 

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What to do on my website....

On the pages of this website you'll find all the writing details.    Look around.   Browse my current writing projects.  Buy my books if you want.  If you happen to be a producer, contact me to produce my theatrical and screenwriting work, including now three full length plays, several screenplays and a teleplay.  If you have questions, or you're just interested in my work, write to me at:  or to my agent, Marta Praeger,  mprfda@gmail.com.   Here are a few more LOVELY WORDS from reviews of my books

Spellbinding

Stunning

Provocative

Fiercely compelling

A powerful imagination

Ambitious

Vivid and rich            Searing

    Infallibly accurate

 Poignant          Layered

Cuts to the bone                

Skillful            Tough-minded

MY BOOKS