Tag: TV writing

#YooTube: TV Pilot “Olympic Boulevard” Sold to Peacock

I am thrilled to announce that I sold my first original TV drama pilot to Peacock, NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming platform, with producers Neil Meron and Mark Nicholson of Zadan/Meron Productions and choreographer Kyle Hanagami. Universal TV is the studio for this project. Entitled OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, my pilot is about a disgraced Korean American former K-Pop…
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10th Publication Anniversary of GOOD ENOUGH

February 5, 2018 marks the TENTH publication anniversary of my first YA novel GOOD ENOUGH (HarperCollins 2008). Can you believe ten years have gone by? To celebrate this special day, I recently recorded a fun tribute video about this novel and its musical influences from Mozart to the Violent Femmes. Go here to check it out…
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2014 LA Times Festival of Books – Our YA Non-Fiction Panel!

Let me start off by saying how much I LOVE the Los Angeles Times’ annual Festival of Books. I have been attending this book festival every April since it started in 1996! I’ve attended the festival as a book lover, as a panelist, and now as a moderator! I moderated today’s panel called “Young Adult…
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