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David Magee (born 1962) is an American screenwriter who was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Finding Neverland. Along with Simon Beaufoy, he wrote the screenplay for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams, which was released in 2008.
David Magee is a podcast host and the bestselling author of the award-winning book Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss. Featured on CBS Mornings, Dear William is a Publisher’s Weekly national bestseller, a Best Book of the South 2021 (Reckon), and receiving a Starred Review from Kirkus.
David Magee was born in 1962 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Life of Pi (2012), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and Finding Neverland (2004).
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David is a podcast host and bestselling author who speaks nationally to varied audiences including college campuses, parenting conferences, corporate events, and writing workshops.
“ Dear William is a staggering and generous gift. Here, David Magee documents and illuminates an epic American family saga. In the writing, he translates pain into revelation, loss into propulsion, tortured despair into buoyant hope.”
Oct 27, 2021 · Dear William, a new memoir by David Magee, tells the story of a family ripped apart by addiction and trauma but rebuilt through love and faith. On sale November 3, the new book translates...
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It's an unflinching look at his life struggles, which he says was his way of coming to grips with the death of his son from opioid addiction. Jim Axelrod shows us how it is more than a...
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