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Rebecca Frayn

Rebecca Frayn
Photograph by Jack Harries

Rebecca Frayn

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A. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Deceptions will be released on May 03, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
May 03, 2011
Deceptions is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
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Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers? A. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time? A. The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Q. Who are your favorite authors? A. Richard Yates
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Q. Is there a book you love to reread? A. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Learn more about Rebecca Frayn

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London Evening Standard, March 28, 2013
...Harries, 19 Life’s just got crazy for identical twins Jack and Finn Harries and their parents, author Rebecca Frayn and TV producer Andy Harries. When Jack started the blog JacksGap in 2011 about his travels in Ibiza and Thailand, who could have...
Zaman, June 18, 2012
...one day to set up a mobile library once the kids were grown and Michael was retired,” said Rebecca Frayn, screenwriter of “The Lady,” a recent feature film about Suu Kyi. “They had a little dream that he would grow orchids.” The couple lived in...
Huffington Post, June 17, 2012
...day to set up a mobile library once the kids were grown and Michael was retired," said Rebecca Frayn, screenwriter of "The Lady," a recent feature film about Suu Kyi. "They had a little dream that he would grow orchids." The couple lived in Bhutan and...
FOXNews.com, June 17, 2012
...day to set up a mobile library once the kids were grown and Michael was retired," said Rebecca Frayn, screenwriter of "The Lady," a recent feature film about Suu Kyi. "They had a little dream that he would grow orchids." The couple lived in Bhutan and...
York Daily Record, June 17, 2012
...day to set up a mobile library once the kids were grown and Michael was retired," said Rebecca Frayn, screenwriter of "The Lady," a recent feature film about Suu Kyi. "They had a little dream that he would grow orchids." The couple lived in Bhutan and...
This is Somerset, January 3, 2013
...in November 2010, when she was finally released, Kyi had not seen her children for 10 years. Screenwriter Rebecca Frayn interviewed the people closest to Kyi and over the course of three years, she crafted the script for this fascinating tale of one...
Movie Metropolis, October 11, 2012
...on action over character. Here, Besson’s flair for action is appropriately muted. Working from a script by Rebecca Frayn, the film divides its attention between the larger political story of Suu Kyi and her struggles against the government, and the...
Xfinity Comcast, October 4, 2012
...imprisonment, long separations and Burma’s dangerously hostile regime.  Written over a period of three years by Rebecca Frayn, interviews with key figures in Suu Kyi’s entourage enabled her, for the very first time, to reconstruct the true story of...
Columbus Dispatch, October 2, 2012
...The film includes comic horror violence, sexual content, drug use, profanity and smoking. Director Luc Besson and screenwriter Rebecca Frayn go for melodrama in their biopic of Aung San Suu Kyi (played by Michelle Yeoh), the Burmese democracy activist...
JustPressPlay, September 30, 2012
...Lady" is on sale October 2, 2012 and is rated R. Drama. Directed by Luc Besson. Written by Rebecca Frayn. Starring David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh...
Central Utah Daily Herald, September 27, 2012
...can be played separately; deleted scenes. 'The Lady' (R, 128 minutes, Entertainment One): Director Luc Besson and screenwriter Rebecca Frayn go in for melodrama in their biopic of Burmese democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi...
Movie Metropolis, September 14, 2012
...out against imprisonment, long separations and Burmas dangerously hostile regime. Written over a period of three years by Rebecca Frayn, interviews with key figures in Suu Kyis entourage enabled her, for the very first time, to reconstruct the true...