April 2023
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About Laura
Laura Preble is an author and screenwriter from San Diego, CA. She has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil.
The screenplay of her novel, Anna Incognito, has won dozens of film festival awards. The novel, published in 2020, has won the Independent Publisher Book Award for regional fiction, as well as a silver medal in the Screencraft Cinematic Book awards and a Script Pipeline Book Adaptation finalist spot. She is also the author of the young adult series, Queen Geek Social Club (Penguin/Berkley Jam). Her novel, Out, dealt with the concept of LGBTQ rights within a young adult dystopia; Alex Sanchez, author of Rainbow Boys, says "Out explores an intriguing, mind-bending, and challenging portrait of an upside-down world that turns the tables on homophobia, acceptance, and love.” She has won a Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Prize, and has been published in North American Review, Writer’s Digest, Hysteria, and NEA Today.
She is currenetly working on several other screenplays and limited series scripts.
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Unique traits: - Nerdy - Geeky - Former high school teacher and librarian with mad research skills and stapler injuries - Mom of two creative souls -Married to a jazz musician - Singer of original and not original songs
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ANNA INCOGNITO Drama A woman with severe OCD takes a road trip to stop the wedding of her former therapist and picks up a young hitchhiker who helps her heal from her traumatic past.
Awards
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WINNER STAGE 32 FEATURE DRAMA SCREENWRITING COMPETITION
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Sunvale Screenplay Contest Grand Prize winner
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Best Script Award- London
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Portland Screenplay Awards
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Seattle Film Summit
(2022) -
CA Indies - Best Script
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Santa Barbara Film Awards
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Big Apple Film Festival
(2022) -
Toronto International Women Film Festival
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LA Film Channel
(2022) -
Chicago Script Awards
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LA Independent Women Film Awards
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Boston Independent Film Awards
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