Olen Steinhauer optioned by Warner Bros
October 15, 2007
Bardroom founder, David Hill (not to be confused with recent writing competition winner, David A. Hill) wrote to inform us that Olen Steinhauer’s latest novel, The Tourist, has just been optioned by Warner Brothers. Olen read for the Bardroom in March 2006.
Olen posted this news to Contemporary Nomad, a blog he shares with three other writers:
“[A]s of late last week, my life and career changed in a way that I never could have predicted. First, came some great news from my industrious agent, Stephanie Cabot, that Heyne, the German publisher, was making a very handsome pre-empt on the manuscript I finished in July, The Tourist.
“Two days later, though, I was no longer beside myself, but above myself. Again, Stephanie was the bringer of news: Warner Bros would be optioning The Tourist, with the plan for it to involve…George Clooney.
On top of that, Olen and his girlfriend are expecting a baby this Winter. All we can say to all this is … congratulations!
