Lawrence Naumoff
- Writer
Lawrence Naumoff is the author of 6 novels and a book of short stories.
He teaches at UNC in Chapel Hill, where he lives. He spent years
building architect designed houses(actually building them himself), and
worked on his novels taking off a year, here and there, from the
carpentry, to write another book. Eventually he stopped building and
soon after took a job at UNC teaching creative writing. His film
activity is associated with his books and their options, one screenplay
and a CBS film of another book. For "Rootie Kazootie", the options have
been held, by, at one time or the other, Richard Brick, Alphonso and
Carlos Cuaron, and finally by Diane Lane. For "The Night of the Weeping
Women,", the option was held by Mindy Marin for app. 5 years. Naumoff
wrote a screenplay of the book for her, done "for hire." The book,
"Silk Hope, NC," which was represented for Naumoff by Ron Bernstein,
was made into a film by The Polson Company, produced by Erica Fox and
Beth Polson, and shown as a CBS Sunday Night film. His books are: "The
Night of the Weeping Women;" "Rootie Kazootie;" "Taller Women, a
Cautionary Tale;" "Silk Hope, NC;" "A Plan for Women;" "A Southern
Tragedy in Crimson and Yellow;" "The Last Southern Novel;" and, "The
Cashmere Sweater and Other Stories."