Staton Rabin
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Screenwriter and children's book author |
| Introduction | I write books for kids and teens published by Simon & Schuster/McElderry Books and Viking. My books include BETSY AND THE EMPEROR, BLACK POWDER, THE CURSE OF THE ROMANOVS, and MR. LINCOLN'S BOYS. BETSY AND THE EMPEROR is in development as a movie directed by Patrice Chereau, expected to star Al Pacino as Napoleon Bonaparte. I'm a story analyst who helps screenwriters and novelists get their material in shape to sell. I teach screenwriting and screenplay marketing. |
| Favorite Movies | It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Meet Me in St. Louis, Singin' in the Rain, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, Spellbound, Mutiny on the Bounty (l935 version), The Thin Man, Fantasia; Road to Morocco. |
| Favorite Music | Sinatra, Elvis, Patsy Cline, Nat King Cole, Buddy Holly, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Lowe, the Beatles, classical, Judy Garland. |
| Favorite Books | Winesburg, Ohio; the Sherlock Holmes stories; Gone with the Wind; My Antonia; Shane; True Grit; For Whom the Bell Tolls; Seabiscuit; In the Heart of the Sea. |