Harrison Demchick

Screenwriter

Baltimore, Maryland

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About Harrison

Developmental book editor Harrison Demchick came up in the world of small press publishing, working along the way on more than two dozen published novels and memoirs, several of which have been optioned for film. An expert in middle-grade, young adult, and adult manuscripts in categories as diverse as science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, literary fiction, women’s fiction, and memoir, Harrison is known for quite possibly the most detailed and informative editorial letters in the industry—if not the entire universe. He is also an award-winning, twice-optioned screenwriter, and the author of literary horror novel The Listeners (Bancroft Press, 2012).

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The Pursuit of Samuel Drake Thriller One year ago, Samuel Drake survived Bloody Thursday, a deadly domestic terrorist attack. Now, he lives a normal life. But there are holes in his memory. He sees a shrink every other day, but can’t remember his first appointment. He gets packages with no return address. What did he do at work last night? Any night? And why is he counting down the days to the anniversary of Bloody Thursday? Winner of the 2011 Baltimore Screenwriters Competition.
In the Wake of the Boatman Drama Puttnum Steward’s life rockets from childhood trauma to college confusion to the jungles of Vietnam, then home again. Throughout, he’s torn between who his dad wants him to be, who he wants to be, and who he really is. No one knows his greatest secret: that the only time Putt ever truly feels happy is when he wears a woman’s clothes and becomes, for a brief, fleeting moment, someone else. Based on the novel by Jonathon Scott Fuqua.
Lenin & McCarthy, Episode One: Fast Food Communist Nation Animation ⋄ Comedy ⋄ Other Joseph McCarthy hates dirty pinkos more than anything. Vladimir Lenin wants a glorious Communist revolution. They’re roommates. In contemporary times. Without explanation. Enjoy their wacky misadventures.