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. I'm working on some thoughts
about that for my my NEW BLOG, which I should have up
on the site in a day or two. 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

