News Year: 2019
Best Books of 2019 / Science Fiction
News · November 22, 2019"All that stands between humankind and an extinction-level pandemic is a motley assortment of has-beens and no-hopers. It's Michael Crichton with laughs." Read More »
Screenwriting Insights from Jurassic Park Screenwriter David Koepp
News · November 11, 2019"Big set pieces are like the songs in a musical and they need to complement and advance the story. The best moments you have writing are when you find some character reveal within that piece. Then you’re doing everything at once." Read More »
David Koepp on Jurassic Park / Q&A with Radheyan Simonpillai
News · November 4, 2019David discusses the making of Jurassic Park with Radheyan Simonpillai following a screening presented by the Toronto International Film Festival. Read More »
A Debut Novel from a Storied Screenwriter: Talking with David Koepp about Cold Storage
News · October 3, 2019"For the first time in decades, I had the freedom to delve into a character’s thoughts and inner feelings, rather than being limited to only what they say, do, or see. I was positively giddy." Read More »
The One with David Koepp
News · September 17, 2019"It’s why journalists and detectives are so great. Because they fundamentally have to find something out. It seems like they’re working toward a discernible goal." Read More »
David Koepp in Conversation with Andrew Kevin Walker
News · September 11, 2019David sits down with fellow screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker for a chat about Cold Storage. Read More »
How Jurassic Park Screenwriter David Koepp Turned Zombie Fungus Into a Freaky Novel
News · September 9, 2019"You must stop confusing fungus and benzene. They are not the same thing at all. And you can't turn one into the other, any more than you could turn a city into a pair of socks." Read More »
Cold Storage Review – Wall Street Journal
News · September 6, 2019In David Koepp’s new nerve-shredder, bioweapons experts are called in to fight a fast-spreading mutant fungus. Read More »
How Skylab’s Demise Inspired Jurassic Park Screenwriter’s 1st Novel Cold Storage
News · September 5, 2019How Skylab's demise inspired Jurassic Park screenwriter's first novel, Cold Storage Read More »
Ask Me Anything
News · September 5, 2019"You can't lead the parade from behind, you have to write something you yourself want to see." Read More »
