1 Published BooksMeg Richman
Meg Richman, a native of Seattle, worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood for 15 years. She wrote the original treatment for Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride, a draft of Up at the Villa for Sydney Pollack’s company and the pilot for Aaron Spelling’s series Malibu Shores. (This last one is an object lesson in just how far Hollywood can transform a script from its original intent and vibe!) The film she wrote and directed, Under Heaven, was a jury selection at the Sundance Film Festival and a nominee for an Independent Spirit Award for Joely Richardson’s performance.
Motherhood brought her home to the Pacific Northwest where she became a teacher for thirteen years, first at an alternative high school for kids who had fallen through the cracks at a regular comprehensive program, and then at a high school serving a mostly immigrant and BIPOC population. She currently writes fiction and has stories published in Louisiana Literature, Isele Magazine, and Judith Magazine. Freya the Deer is her debut novel. Her next one, in the works, is called School for the Insane. It weaves between two story lines a hundred years apart located near the same haunted site. She lives with her son Jesse and oversized dog Gidon in a diverse Seattle neighborhood.
