My name is Torri Jan and I went by it because I wanted that little bit of space between public and personal. As I was trying to get my first book out there, I faced a lot of rejection because of that.ĪP: Your answer makes me wonder if you go by T.J. There wasn’t a place for me in this world for a long time. You look at the books that I love and and the movies that I love, and you look at the screenwriters and they’re not women. NEWMAN: These stories are the kind of stories that I want to tell, but they’re not the kind of stories that women usually get to write and that’s really exciting to me. The author is the natural go-between of those two worlds.ĪP: Because not a lot of women find success, let alone opportunities in this space, do you feel you’re in a unique place? Communication between the two is is crucial. And to have them say to me, “Here’s an interesting way that we could tell your story.” It was eye-opening and humbling and inspiring to see all the different creative interpretations of a story that I had already told the best way that I knew how. That being said, it was also fascinating to get on these calls with directors and writers and actors and studio executives who know movies backwards. Do you think that helps to keep the bones of the story intact? In an interview that’s been condensed for clarity and brevity, Newman discussed why women in the action-thriller space are rarities and how working as a flight attendant for 10 years informs her writing.ĪP: You’re one of a number of authors lately who gets to be involved in the Hollywood adaptation of your novels. The events unfold from various points of view because, as Newman says, “every person is the lead character in their story, you put them in an enclosed environment on a plane, add a central conflict, and you’ve got a rich, fully fleshed-out (narrative).” In “Drowning,” a plane crashes into the ocean shortly after takeoff and its survivors, including a father and his young daughter, race against the clock to be rescued before the plane sinks. ![]() With Newman’s second book, “Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421,” out Tuesday, she again starts with a bang: “Will Kent opened his eyes just to see the engine explode.” The novel - about a pilot whose family will be killed if he doesn’t crash the plane he’s flying - had an equally fast trajectory to the bestseller list. Newman ‘s 2021 debut novel “Falling” (Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster) begins with a sentence that blasts out of a cannon: “When the shoe dropped in her lap the foot was still in it.” Today, the comedian tours around the world on his Just Kidding World Tour with all new material.Time is a precious commodity and some readers need to be hooked from page one. Other appearances include: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Last Call With Carson Daly, with Chris Hardwick, Lights Out With David Spade, The Breakfast Club, Beat Bobby Flay, Celebrity Page TV, VH1, World's Funniest Fails and Sean In The Wild. Koy has appeared on over 140 episodes of Chelsea Lately as a season regular round table guest. Listeners can dive in each week as Koy welcomes friends and fellow comedians to share their hilarious insights on life. He can also be heard on his weekly podcast, The Koy Pond with Jo Koy by Starburns Audio. Koy is on a mission to educate the masses on how to raise a millennial, the intricacies of Filipino traditions, and more! In 2019, the comedian reached #1 on the Billboard Charts for his stand-up comedy album, Live From Seattle. His 2019 Netflix special, Comin' In Hot is currently streaming world-wide. He has had four highly rated and successful comedy specials on Comedy Central and Netflix. He was given the prestigious "Stand-Up Comedian Of The Year" award at the 2018 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. He recently became the only comedian to sell 17,000+ tickets, over 30 shows (in one year) at the Brea Improv. In 2019, Koy sold-out 5 shows at the San Diego Civic Theatre, the most consecutive sold-out shows for a comedian. He then broke the attendance record at Club Regent Event Centre in Winnipeg with 4 sold-out shows. In response, the mayor's office in Honolulu proclaimed November 24th as "Jo Koy Day." The comedian continued his record breaking streak by being the only comedian to sell out 6 shows at The Warfield in San Francisco. ![]() Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu with 11 sold-out shows and over 23,000 tickets sold. ![]() In 2017, Koy broke a record for the most tickets sold by a single artist at The Neal S. The comedian, who pulls inspiration from his family, specifically his son, sells-out arenas and theaters across the world. As one of today's premiere stand-up comics Jo Koy has come a long way from his modest beginnings performing at a Las Vegas coffee house.
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