Sara Gran (born 1971) is an American author.

Career

Gran is the author of seven novels, including ''Come Closer'' and ''Dope''. Her novel ''Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead'' was the first in a series; it won the 2012

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for "Best Novel." Her third Claire DeWitt novel, ''The Infinite Blacktop'', was published on September 18, 2018. Gran started the small press Dreamland Books.

Television and film

A number of Gran's novels have come to the attention of the film and television industry. Her 2003 novel ''Come Closer'' was looked at by director

Carter Smith Carter Smith (born September 6, 1971) is an American filmmaker and fashion photographer. He is best known for directing the films '' The Ruins'' (2008) and ''Jamie Marks Is Dead'' (2014). Life and career A native of Bowdoinham, Maine, Smith moved ...

although, , nothing has yet been released. The same applies to her 2006 novel ''Dope'', which had actress

Julianne Moore Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films, a ...

slated for the lead role, although no episodes have yet been released. Gran has written scripts for the

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show ''

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'' and two other series,
Chance
' and
Berlin Station
'. She also is developing an adaptation of Corinne May Botz's novel ''Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death'' with director/producer

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

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* Updated 2016-02-28 * 1971 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American crime fiction writers American mystery novelists American women novelists Writers from New York City Women mystery writers 21st-century American women writers Novelists from New York (state) {{US-novelist-1970s-stub