Bunn, Austin

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Bunn, Austin

PERSONAL:

Education: Yale University, B.A.; Iowa Writers' Workshop, M.F.A.

ADDRESSES:

E-mail—austinlb@earthlink.net.

CAREER:

Journalist, film producer, and writer. Taught at Fordham College, New York, NY. Previously worked as a boat carpenter, game designer for reality television, and ghostwriter.

WRITINGS:

(With Christine Vachon) A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals andDisasters in Hollywood and Beyond, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2006.

Work has appeared in anthologies, including Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004; contributor to periodicals, including the New York Times Magazine, Wired, New York Magazine, POZ, Advocate, Salon.com, Village Voice (as a columnist), and Brill's Content.

SIDELIGHTS:

For Sidelights, see Vachon, Christine.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Advocate, October 10, 2006, Regina Marler, review of A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond, p. 80.

Booklist, September 1, 2006, Mike Tribby, review of A Killer Life, p. 36.

Entertainment Weekly, September 22, 2006, Michelle Kung, review of A Killer Life, p. 98.

Hollywood Reporter, October 18, 2006, Gregory McNamee, review of A Killer Life, p. 16.

Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2006, review of A Killer Life, p. 717.

Library Journal, September 1, 2006, Carol J. Binkowski, review of A Killer Life, p. 150.

One Story, January 10, 2006, interview with and short story by the author.

Publishers Weekly, July 17, 2006, review of A Killer Life, p. 154.

Variety, November 6, 2006, Dade Hayes, review of A Killer Life, p. 34.

Village Voice, November 22, 2006, David Ng, review of A Killer Life.