Bruce Wagner

Bruce Wagner has written thirteen novels and bestsellers, including the famous "Cellphone Trilogy," I'm Losing You (PEN USA finalist), I'll Let You Go and Still Holding , Dead Stars , ROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr , The Empty Chair , and the PEN/Faulkner-finalist Chrysanthemum Palace . He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg's film Maps to the Stars , for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created...See more

Bruce Wagner has written thirteen novels and bestsellers, including the famous "Cellphone Trilogy," I'm Losing You (PEN USA finalist), I'll Let You Go and Still Holding , Dead Stars , ROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr , The Empty Chair , and the PEN/Faulkner-finalist Chrysanthemum Palace . He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg's film Maps to the Stars , for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created the visionary mini-series Wild Palms for producer Oliver Stone and co-wrote (with Ullman) three seasons of the acclaimed Tracey Ullman's State of the Union . He has written essays and articles for the New York Times , Artforum and the New Yorker . He lives in Los Angeles. See less