Mary Elder writes high-concept fairy tales with an empowered twist. In her first year as a screenwriter, Mary won the Disney Fellowship with DEAD TO THE WORLD, a modern Sleeping Beauty story set during WWII, that Gabriel Byrne optioned. Mary subsequently made two major studio script sales via pitching. With her Great Pyrenees/golden retriever, Quigley, sprawled at her feet, Mary has created two comedy features, two female-driven pilots and a dystopian chick-lit novel: BEAUTY TIPS & TRICKS FOR THE APOCALYPSE. Mary’s grateful that her gritty biopic of Florence Nightingale, NIGHTINGALE’S BLOOM--which is neither high-concept nor a fairy tale--has garnered so many accolades. Mary grew up in rural New Hampshire, got her BA from Cornell University, and lives in Seattle.
Mary Elder writes high-concept fairy tales with an empowered twist. In her first year as a screenwriter, Mary won the Disney Fellowship with DEAD TO THE WORLD, a modern Sleeping Beauty story set during WWII, that Gabriel Byrne optioned. Mary subsequently made two major studio script sales via pitching. With her Great Pyrenees/golden retriever, Quigley, sprawled at her feet, Mary has created two comedy features, two female-driven pilots and a dystopian chick-lit novel: BEAUTY TIPS & TRICKS FOR THE APOCALYPSE. Mary’s grateful that her gritty biopic of Florence Nightingale, NIGHTINGALE’S BLOOM--which is neither high-concept nor a fairy tale--has garnered so many accolades. Mary grew up in rural New Hampshire, got her BA from Cornell University, and lives in Seattle.
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