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New York City, NY, United States, 2010/02/22 - Toronto based writer Alexander Galant has signed with New York Based literary agency, The Writers House, to represent his work - AlexanderGalant.com.
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Toronto based writer Alexander Galant has signed with New York Based literary agent Michelle Rubin of The Writers House to represent his work. The Writers House is one of the largest literary agencies in the world that represents well-known and respected novelists in both fiction and non-fiction.
Since the release of the NY Times Best Seller “Dracula the Un-Dead” in October 2009, for which Alexander Galant did all the historical research on and adapted/directed into a dramatic reading for the Toronto stage, he has been working on his new manuscript currently entitled "Bloody Mary Kelly." Galant’s “Bloody Mary Kelly” is parallel stories between two centuries, Jack the Ripper strikes: In the past, five women are butchered, including the unfortunate Mary Kelly whose difficult life came to the most brutal end of all. In present day, a “copy-cat” Ripper hunts down women bearing the same names. Scotland Yard is baffled to find a secret, vital clue from the original case being used today, but ex-profiler Dr. Mary Kelly cannot waver, for she must find the killer before she becomes his next victim.
As well as a writer, Galant (alexandergalant.com) is also an accomplished director in both theater and film. In theater he received the Adjudicator's Award for Innovation, for Incorporating Animation, Computer-Generated Effects and Film Sequences with live actors in The Wizard of Oz and received a similar Thea Award for Singin' in the Rain for which he made it rain across the stage. Other theatre directing includes: A Tribute to Judy Garland, Love Letters, I’ll Be Back Before Midnight, The Odd Couple, A Christmas Carol the Musical and Twelve Angry Men. Alexander Galant also adapted and directed a staged reading of Bram Stoker’s Dracula for the 100th Anniversary in 1997, paying homage to Stoker’s original reading.
Films directed by Alexander include: The Missing Piece currently on the festival circuit and recent “Silver Remi Award” winner for ‘Suspense Thriller’ - WorldFest Houston Film Festival; Moonlight Desire (a Dracula video) for which Mickey Rooney lent his voice as the character of Prof. Van Helsing; The Jigsaw Puzzle, which has been screened at film festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Salem and Milan, receiving the “Special Festival BUZZ Award” (most talked about film) from the New York International Independent Film Festival. His more “artsy” vampire film, First Light, has been screened in festivals all over the world, winning several awards including: the “Bronze Remi Award” from WorldFest Houston Film Festival, “Special Commendation” in the Festival of Fantastic Films (UK), “Best Music/Soundtrack” in the Toronto Online Film Festival, and Nominations for “Best Director” and “Best Technical Achievement” from the International Festival of Cinema and Technology (World Tour Film Festival). His short Star Wars spoof entitled Blasted Behavior was selected by George Lucas as one of the finalists in AtomFilms’ 2009 Star Wars Fan Film Competition.
Writers House was founded in 1973 with a vision for a new kind of literary agency, one that would combine a passion for managing a writer's career with an integrated understanding of how storytelling works. With this two-pronged philosophy, Writers House has played a critical role in developing the careers of hundreds of novelists and non-fiction authors. We believe in offering our clients not only our expertise in negotiating contracts, but in contributing to all phases of the editorial and publishing processes. Our goal is to maximize the value of our clients' work by providing hands-on editorial and marketing advice, as well as leading the way in branding, licensing, and selling film/TV, foreign, audio, dramatic and serial rights.
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