Alex R Johnson (Author of Brooklyn Motto)

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Alex R Johnson

欧宝娱乐 Author

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New York City, The United States

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Thriller, Crime, Fiction

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Richard Price, Elmore Leonard, Todd McEwen, Jonathan Lethem, Edward Co ...more

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Johnson鈥檚 feature film TWO STEP premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW and went on to become a New York Times Critic鈥檚 Pick, as well as remaining 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

His screenplay NORTHEAST KINGDOM was selected for the Black List. It was acquired by Paramount Pictures for Platinum Dunes to produce, with Johnson attached to direct.

His screenplay ANY ROUGH TIMES ARE NOW BEHIND YOU was selected by the Austin Film Society鈥檚 Artist Intensive lab. There, he spent three days working one-on-one with late director Jonathan Demme, an experience that was as inspiring as it was creatively life changing.

He also wrote the screenplay adaptation of Ernest Tidyman鈥檚 novel, BIG BUCKS, for Pascal Pictures.

His debut novel, BROOKLYN MOTTO, was rele ...more

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Alex Johnson and 1 other person liked Jon Bloom's review of Brooklyn Motto: "Alex Johnson is one part Lethem, two parts (Elmore) Leonard, and ten parts uniquely and wonderfully himself. If you love New York and you love small-time crime, this is for you."
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Alex Johnson liked Michael's review of Brooklyn Motto: "What a great read! It鈥檚 like Carl Hiaasen and Nick Hornby decided to tackle Brooklyn in the 90鈥檚 together. I look forward to more books like these from Mr. Johnson."
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Alex Johnson liked Rahne's review of Brooklyn Motto: "A fun, engaging crime thriller that evokes the great, the bad and ugly of 90s NYC and answers the musical question, what if Sam Spade was a Pavement fan? "
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