Join BookBrowse today to start discovering exceptional books! In Canadian screenwriter Elan Mastai's first novel "All Our Wrong Todays," Tom Barren, the self-proclaimed idiot son of a genius, travels to the past and accidentally screws up the timeline of the . What do you learn? Author Skip to Main Content (Press Enter) We know what book you should read next Books Kids Popular Authors & Events Recommendations Audio What Pamela Dorman Is Loving Right Now Learn More> #SPOTTED: DANIEL RADCLIFFE, ZOE KAZAN, MEGAN PARK & MORE IN TORONTO FOR "THE F WORD" . In their debut essay collection, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler takes readers on An explosive novel of history's most notorious sisters, one of whom will have to choose: her country or her family? The novel, about a man living in an alternate, utopian version of 2016 who finds himself unwittingly. Fascinating Biographies and Memoirs About the Royal Family, 17 Books That Show Kids What It Means to Be Thankful, Browse All Our Lists, Essays, and Interviews. He is an award-winning screenwriter. I had never really written too much about that experience of losing my mom. Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House, Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network. Because his father is so successful as an inventor and respected as a scientist, Tom has this overwhelming sense that since hell never match his dads accomplishments, why even try? Leigh challenges Randall's suggestion that he could solve everyone's problems while somehow having the same wife and children, and instructs him to imagine a worst-case scenario. Elan Mastai is a producer and writer, known for What If (2013), This Is Us (2016) and Alone in the Dark (2005). Loading. Though his mother was a Canadian, she was born in Chicago. When youre young, its very easy to be your own worst enemy. Whats the most fascinating thing you learned that didnt make the cut? }); Thus, he assigns certain songs or bands he is listening to a character he is creating. "The F Word gave screenwriter chance to use his own voice". Who couldve predicted the state of 2017 even a year ago? He is best-known for his work on the 2013 film The F Word earned the 2014 Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2021, I was nominated for an Emmy for my work on the hit television series This Is UsIm currently a writer and co-executive producer on the show. Our dedicated Editorial team verifies each of the articles published on the Biographyhost. Elan Mastai was born in Vancouver and lives in Toronto with his wife and children. Eventually, Mastai began writingThe F Wordin 2005, but by 2008 it got inThe Black List, a survey of best-unproduced scripts in Hollywood. . It was only through that play that he realized that humans works of art and entertainment could be a career one would want to pursue. Author: Elan . Already a screenwriter, the author of All Our Wrong Todays explains his delight in avoiding Hollywoods filters and using the special effects that only work in books, When Elan Mastai was 26, his mother died. He writes movies. Details & Specs. It is forbidden to copy anything for publication elsewhere without written permission from the copyright holder. Anyway, I found that pretty interesting, but you can probably understand why I didnt include it in the book. In Mastais imaginative debut novel, Tom Barrens version of 2016 is a technological utopia based on a model popularized by 1950s science fiction. See full bio More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. The idea that I can stick my book on the shelf next to all the ones Ive read and adored still kind of blows my mind. Well, okay, Einstein established that time and space arent separate, theyre one thingspacetimewhich is defined by planetary gravity. The paperback of "All Our Wrong Todays" is officially out as of February 20, 2018. --Elan Mastai, author of All Our Wrong Todays "The Mutual Friend is a big, heart-squeezing ode to all that matters most, dressed up in the disguise of a fun, juicy ensemble story bubbling over with comically bad dates, career missteps, and awkward adult friendships. As the press tour for What If loomed, Mastai tapped out an opening for All Our Wrong Todays on his phone and found hed discovered the novels voice. If I was going to write a book, I wanted it to do all the things that books can do, but you cant do in any other form, he says. A gripping debut novel of female power and vulnerability, race, and class set in a small Mississippi town in the early 1980s. His new novel - All Our Wrong Todays - is a sci-fi tinged, time-travel romance and much buzzed about debut that is rumored to have landed the writer a seven-figure book deal worth north of a million dollars. To answer your question: Thanks you so much, Jennifer, that's very kind of you to say. Photo credit: David Leyes Elan Mastai "All Our Wrong Todays" is my first novel, but I've been working as a screenwriter for nearly two decades. Victor Barren, Tom's scientist father, had a dream of inventing the first time machine, and left his wife, Rebecca, with the burden of raising the family. "Strikingly imaginative time-travel story unlike anything I've ever read, rich with pinpoint emotional insight and fierce, vivid observations about a future that's already our past." "A rusty syringe of lurid pulp thrills. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'biographyhost_com-leader-3','ezslot_15',153,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-biographyhost_com-leader-3-0'); Mastia is a married man in his thirties and has a daughter. As a writer thats what you fundamentally want, he says. And when it was done I felt like: OK, this is not totally embarrassing. You can opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information anytime. //