Smells Like Steinbeck
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Nate loves the smell of books. Turns out he's not the only one. He meets Trisha, president of A.I.L. (Aromas in Literature), the local chapter.
Nate desperately to join her elite club. But Trisha doesn't think he has what it takes. Nate must prove he belongs.
Nate is soon pulled in to the secretive, underground world of book sniffing. It all goes much deeper than he realizes. He will be watched, followed, persecuted. There's no turning back.
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The Writer: Jason K. Allen
Jason Allen is a writer and filmmaker from Nashville, TN. He is also a wilderness guide, nature photographer and award-winning journalist. His first produced screenplay was the 2009 feature comedy Lucky Fritz starring Corey Feldman and Julia Dietze. Since then he's won Best Screenplay honors at the Nashville Film Festival, San Diego Film Awards, Mountain of Laughs Comedy Fest, TSA Screenwriting Awards, and Artlightenment Film Festival, and is a seven-time finalist of the Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. His scripts have also been finalists in the ScreenCraft and ScriptVamp competitions. His writing credits include the award-winning short films You Destroy Me , American... Go to bio
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