Lara Reznik

Author and Screenwriter

Austin, Texas

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June 2023

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About Lara

When native New Yorker Lara Reznik turned 17, she escaped out west in a dilapidated Karmann Ghia to study with the late, great authors Rudolfo Anaya and Tony Hillman at the University of New Mexico. Since that time, Lara has published 3 novels and optioned 2 screenplays. Building a tribe of baby boomer readers has allowed Reznik to retire from her day job in I.T. Currently, Lara is working on her 4th novel, The Inlaws, the Outlaws, & the Ex-laws. She lives in the great city of Austin, TX with her husband and two mini-Aussies.

Unique traits: Voracious reader Pickleball addict Tennis player Wrote first novel at age 6 Good sense of humor

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Female

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Other

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THE M&M BOYS Budget: $5M - $10M | Historical ⋄ Sports A tender tale of coming-of-age meets baseball heroes in the summer of 1961 when thirteen-year-old little leaguer Marshall Elliot's heroes, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, move next door as they battle to break Babe Ruth's home run record.
BAGELS & SALSA Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Comedy A Jewish sociologist from Manhattan takes a romantic gamble and follows her fiancée, a handsome, Latino doctor to rural New Mexico where their love is tested by his surly mama, gorgeous ex-girlfriend, and cultural differences.
DANCE OF DECEPTION Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Crime A Manson-like con man, his jealous mistress—a professed alien queen, and a salt-of-the-earth soccer dad surround the mysterious disappearance of a beautiful Malaysian bank teller from her Albuquerque apartment.

Awards

Bagels & Salsa - Texas Writers' League Annual Fiction contest - 2nd place
(2017)
Bagels & Salsa - Austin Heart of Film
(2010)
People's Pilot - Semi-Finalist Screenplay
(2002)

Education

University of Iowa
(2002-2002)
University of New Mexico
(1979-1983)