best selling author
18 movies and shows
Unwritten Obsession
Sun, 27 Aug 2017
Bestselling author Skye Chaste hasn't had any success since her hit book, "Maya's Fall", was released years ago. Now desperate for cash, Skye accepts a job to mentor one of her young fans, Holly, who is writing a novel herself.
Goodbye Again
Sat, 09 Sep 1933
Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's secretly in love with him, save his neck?
Breakin' All the Rules
Fri, 14 May 2004
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.
The Bounce Back
Fri, 26 Feb 2016
Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the acerbic Kristin Peralta, a talk show circuit therapist who's convinced he's nothing but a charlatan. Matthew's life is turned upside down when he inadvertently falls for Kristin and has to face painful truth of his past relationship.
Batman & Bill
Sat, 06 May 2017
Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it his crusade to make it known that Bill Finger, a struggling writer, actually helped invent the iconic superhero, from concept to costume to the very character we all know and love. Bruce Wayne may be Batman’s secret identity, but his creator was always a true mystery.
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Thu, 25 Apr 1940
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
The Decoy Bride
Mon, 06 Jun 2011
A local woman is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress who has come to Scotland to get married.
John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point
Thu, 01 Jan 2009
The life story of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Kennedy Toole as told by friends and colleagues. Legacy format production, representational photography and an original music score combine to bring the author's life into focus. His personal triumphs, his untimely death and the publication of the novel, 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' years after his suicide are all explored in this darkly beautiful first person narrative.
L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain
Tue, 25 Oct 2005
A featurette on L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and other children's books.
Huxley on Huxley
Tue, 17 Mar 2009
Italian-born Laura Huxley, a teenage violin virtuoso, played for European royalty and made her American debut at Carnegie Hall before leaving the concert stage to become a renowned psychotherapist and author. In 1956 Laura married Aldous Huxley, author of BRAVE NEW WORLD, literary giant and prophet of the 20th century.
Aduthathu
Thu, 19 Apr 2012
Aduthathu shows 10 people being taken to an uninhabited island for a TV reality show. The survivor gets to walk away with a huge cash award. The 10 are on the island and events unfold.
Old Acquaintance
Sat, 27 Nov 1943
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
Fri, 16 Oct 2020
The American writer Stephen King has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps by the boundless inventiveness of his literature? And what else is behind the longevity of his astonishing career?
The Little Prince: A Star Is Born
Wed, 20 Dec 2023
80 years are gone since The Little Prince was released. Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was also a pilot, and we follow his last four years from his US exile to when his plane in 1944 disappeared over The Mediterranean without any trace.
Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
A&E's long-running biography series takes a look at one of the 20th century's most emblematic figures, Ernest Hemingway. Through a collection of still photography, narration by granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, commentary from author A.E. Hotchner and publisher Charles Scribner, and readings from Hemingway's writing (including personal letters and unpublished works) by Scott Glenn, the film takes us from the man's Midwestern childhood roots up through the tragic suicide that serves as a bittersweet exclamation on what is otherwise considered to be a life of profound accomplishment.
Mouloud Feraoun
Thu, 01 Jan 2009
Docufiction about Mouloud Feraoun, an author who upholds the great values of the Universal Man. It is in the name of man that Feraoun stands up against injustice. It is in the name of man that he is tormented by war. Feraoun is a solitary creator who suffers to the point of wishing for liberating madness. It is through his work that the portrait of a humble and discreet author, a talented writer and convictions emerges. Most of the time, I let him talk about himself in simple and fair words. I compile his moments of hope, worry, dreams and fears. During all my research, a generous and good Mouloud Feraoun stood out to me who did not hesitate to expose an inhuman and shameful colonial system. His clear and straightforward voice echoes the cry of a people from whom he has never separated.
Lachrymose Primrose
Wed, 03 Jan 2024
After the unexpected death of his daughter, a washed-up bestselling author hits rock bottom as he turns to the bottle and a life of solitude in an attempt to cope with his inner demons. His wife may be the only one who can save him. But at what cost?
Is It True What They Say About Ann?
Wed, 05 May 2004
The most controversial political commentator of our day, and the author of three New York Times bestsellers, Coulter has a mad-cap mouth and an allergy to political correctness. But who is the woman behind the stinging barb and the quick wit? And what does she really believe when you strip off the rhetoric? This film takes you behind the bombast through original interviews with the woman Al Franken calls the reigning diva of the hysterical right—and who George magazine selected as one of the twenty most fascinating women in politics.