The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild

Screenwriters are storytellers and dream builders. They forge new worlds and beings, bringing them to life through storylines and idiosyncratic details. Yet up until now, no one has told the story of these creative and indispensable artists. The Writers is the only comprehensive qualitative analysis of the history of writers and writing in the film, television, and streaming media industries in America.


Featuring in-depth interviews with over fifty writers—including Mel Brooks, Norman Lear,...