Andy Zeffer is an artist who creates paintings in various mediums. He is also a former

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. His novel ''Going Down in La-La Land'' was published in 2006. The book is centered on an

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named Adam Zeller, who moves to

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. ''Going Down in La-La Land'' was a 2006

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finalist. Independent filmmaker

Casper Andreas Casper Andreas (born September 28, 1972) is a Swedish actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer based in New York City. He is openly gay. Career Andreas was born in Sweden. He made his feature film debut as a director with the r ...

produced and directed the film ''

Going Down in LA-LA Land ''Going Down in LA-LA Land'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Casper Andreas and based on the novel by Andy Zeffer. It was released in New York City on April 20, 2012, and in Los Angeles on May 18, 201 ...

'', which was released in 2011.
IMDB release listing for ''Going Down in LA-LA Land''
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