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October 22, 2008 11:07 AM
SPOTLIGHT: Julie Buxbaum
I read The Opposite of Love a few weeks ago and thought it a great debut novel. I really admired Julie's writing style and I'm looking forward to her next one. As she is a debut novelist and because her book is being made into a film, I think we should know more about Julie, so this week the spotlight is on her.
Writing a book was on Julie's major life to do list, so when she quit her job as a litigation lawyer she cracked on with it straight away. Finishing work in mid-January her book was written, in rough draft, four months later.
So how did she get to this point? Well, born in 1977 she grew up in Rockland County, New York. Studying political science, philosophy and economics at university she graduated and went on to Harvard Law School. Once she had graduated from there she worked as a litigator at a large law firm in New York, working silly hours. She eventually moved to LA then decided that law wasn't for her. Or in her words she was bored out of her mind. So she quit.
In The Opposite of Love she wanted to explore the consequences of delaying grief. The book has been well received and has also been sold to 20th Century Fox with Anne Hathaway playing the lead.
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