GIRL TALK
Young author inks film deal
December 10, 2008
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Alec Greven's next book just might be called How To Get Your Classmates Not To Hate You.
The 9-year-old from Castle Rock, Colo. – billed by American media as a "pint-sized pickup artist" after the release of his first book titled How to Talk to Girls, a 46-page collection of his schoolyard observations – has gone Hollywood.
Twentieth Century Fox has acquired the film rights to his book, which he wrote for a school assignment last year. Teachers liked the book so much they made copies to sell at the school book fair. Local media came calling first and then Ellen DeGeneres, who arranged for the boy to meet with HarperCollins in New York City. A spokesperson for Gotham Group in Beverly Hills, which reps Greven, confirmed yesterday the Fox deal is solid.
Diana Zlomislic
Toronto Star