Noteworthy Authors
Through iUniverse, several authors have gone on to publishing success. They include:
- iUniverse author Ralph Fertig, who took his book Love and Liberation: When the Jews Tore Down the Ghetto Walls to number four on the Los Angeles Times best seller list in 2003.
- iUniverse author, Lisa Genova’s first book, Still Alice debuted at number 5 on the New York Times Bestseller list and spent 36 weeks on it. Initially shunned by literary agents, Genova finally decided to self-publish. Still Alice would go on to win the 2008 Bronte Prize, be honored with a nomination for the 2010 Indies Choice Debut Book of the Year by the American Booksellers Association, and win the 2011 Bexley Book of the Year. Traditional publisher, Simon & Schuster would eventually acquire the book, confirming Genova’s success as a published author. Still Alice has sold over a million copies in print, in 25 languages.
- Prominent Hollywood executive Paula Wagner, who produced films such as the Mission: Impossible movies, Vanilla Sky and The Last Samurai, has optioned the film, television, and stage rights of iUniverse author, Trisha Ventker’s book, Internet Dates From Hell, at the Author Solutions Book-to-Screen PitchFest (BTS) in Los Angeles, California, which took place on July 22–23, 2011. After hearing Ventker’s pitch, Ms. Wagner wasted no time giving her nod of approval saying, “I’m always looking for projects with real audience appeal, and with Internet dating being such a part of our techno-centric world, I was immediately drawn to Trisha’s personal journey of life and love online.”
- In August 2011, film producer, Gene Gutowski, published his memoirs, With Balls and Chutzpah, with iUniverse. The autobiography details his survival in Nazi-occupied Poland, his daring escapes, and achieving Hollywood fame as the producer of famous films like Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac, The Fearless Vampire Killers, and the Oscar Award-winning, The Pianist.
- iUniverse published "Lust for Danger" by author K. S. Brooks in August 2001. Brooks went on to sign with Cambridge Books, a division of Write Words Inc., and since has produced four children's books and two additional espionage novels.
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