Chris asked Zoje Stage:

Thank you, Zoje, for your artistry! "Mothered" was one of the best books I've read all year, and "Baby Teeth" was entirely deserving of all its acclaim. You wrote you initially pursued a career as a filmmaker, and since Baby Teeth was optioned, I'm curious whether you're involved in the adaptation of the book into a screenplay? Do you have any desire to write a screenplay, rather than a novel, at some point? Thanks

Zoje Stage Hi Chris! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! At present, I have not been involved in the adaptation of BABY TEETH - and I didn't initially express interest beyond being "consulted" (writing a book is so much more fulfilling than anything I ever did in film). But as time has gone on, I've started to wonder if I should've tried to be a bigger part of the process - BABY TEETH was, after all, based in part on a screenplay I'd hoped to direct back in the day. Yet, having written literally dozens of screenplays before changing my focus, I know the limitations of the format, and I'm able to write much more complete stories by writing novels. Hmm...I haven't really thought about this recently, but it might be interesting to write a screenplay now, after everything I've learned from writing novels. Maybe I'll consider that...?? :-)

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