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Staton Rabin

Staton Rabin

Staton Rabin has a B.F.A. in film from New York University. In addition to writing for children, she is a screenwriter; a popular speaker about the art, craft, and business of writing for film; and a veteran story analyst for Scr(i)pt magazine,... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. “You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you've collected nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.” (Prof. Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN).
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My life in 8 words: "I edit it, keep only the best parts."
The Curse of the Romanovs will be released on October 27, 2009 in eBook
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The Curse of the Romanovs is now available in eBook
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Betsy and the Emperor is now available in
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What is your favorite movie?
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Who is your favorite fictional villain?
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What’s your fantasy profession?
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The Curse of the Romanovs will be released on July 10, 2007 in Hardcover
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The Curse of the Romanovs is now available in Hardcover
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Betsy and the Emperor will be released on March 21, 2006 in Mass Market Paperback
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Betsy and the Emperor is now available in Mass Market Paperback
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Black Powder will be released on October 25, 2005 in Hardcover
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Betsy and the Emperor will be released on November 01, 2004 in Trade Paperback
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Chapter 1 from The Curse of the Romanovs
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Betsy and the Emperor has won an award
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Betsy and the Emperor has won an award
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Betsy and the Emperor has won an award
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Chapter 1 from Betsy and the Emperor
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Staton Rabin Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. “You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you've collected nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.” (Prof. Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN). Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. I try to avoid villains in life and in fiction. In fiction, I think villains should have a mix of good and bad qualities, like real people. So in my own books, I like Napoleon and Rasputin. Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Having a cup of coffee and a hamburger at the little diner in the town where I grew up-- where the waitresses still call me "honey"-- and smiling to myself knowing that lots of teens read my books, and that perhaps some of them might be inspired to to change the world (with kindness, courage, and integrity)-- like the heroes in my books-- as a result. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. My mother's Greek spinach rolls (though we're not Greek). Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. Singer/dancer in movies at MGM in the l940s, or working for President Obama as a speech writer (not that he needs one!), now. Learn more about Staton Rabin

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Times of India, April 10, 2009
...Veil' from a screenplay by Brian Edgar, the film will be based on the children's book by Staton Rabin. The book is said to about the true story of Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, whose father was Napoleon's jailer during his exile on St Helena. The two struck...
The Hindu, April 10, 2009
...Veil from a screenplay by Brian Edgar, the film will be based on the children's book by Staton Rabin. The book is said to about the true story of Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, whose father was Napoleon's jailer during his exile on St Helena. The two struck up...
Indiana Gazette, February 22, 2009
...happy endings, thanks to their father's indulgent attitude. In ''Mr. Lincoln's Boys'' (Viking, $16.99), author Staton Rabin tells stories of how Tad and Willie turned the White House into their personal playground, bringing pleasure to their war-weary...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 19, 2009
...happy endings, thanks to their father's indulgent attitude. In 'Mr. Lincoln's Boys' (Viking, $16.99), author Staton Rabin tells stories of how Tad and Willie turned the White House into their personal playground, bringing pleasure to their war-weary...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 17, 2009
...happy endings, thanks to their father's indulgent attitude. In 'Mr. Lincoln's Boys' (Viking, $16.99), author Staton Rabin tells stories of how Tad and Willie turned the White House into their personal playground, bringing pleasure to their war-weary...
Detroit News, February 16, 2009
...happy endings, thanks to their father's indulgent attitude. In 'Mr. Lincoln's Boys' (Viking, $16.99), author Staton Rabin tells stories of how Tad and Willie turned the White House into their personal playground, bringing pleasure to their war-weary...
HeraldNet, February 15, 2009
...And, like Curious George, their pranks usually had happy endings, thanks to their father's indulgent attitude. Author Staton Rabin tells stories of how Tad and Willie turned the White House into their personal playground, bringing pleasure to their...
Winston-Salem Journal, February 8, 2009
...LINCOLN'S BOYS: Being the MOSTLY True Adventures of Abraham Lincoln's Trouble-Making Sons, TAD and WILLIE. By Staton Rabin. Penguin. Ages 6 and up. $16.99. The Lincoln boys were full of pranks that would give today's paparazzi a camera-full. Their...
Canton Daily Ledger, February 6, 2009
...Lincoln Goes to Washington: 1837-1865' by Cheryl Harness, 'Gettysburg Address' by Abraham Lincoln, 'Mr. Lincoln?s Boys' by Staton Rabin, 'Abe?s Honest Words' by Doreen Rappaport, 'Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln' by Judith St. George, and 'Honest Abe' by...
Columbus Dispatch, January 25, 2009
...president who incorporated political opponents into his administration. New children's books â?¢ Mr. Lincoln's Boys by Staton Rabin, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Viking, 34 pages, $16.99, ages 6 to 10): The president's young sons, Tad and...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2009
...Lincoln's Boys: Being the Mostly True Adventures of Abraham Lincoln's Trouble-Making Sons, Tad and Willie by Staton Rabin; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Viking; 36 pages; $16.99; ages 6-up). A beleaguered president worries about real soldiers in...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 2009
...Lincoln's Boys: Being the Mostly True Adventures of Abraham Lincoln's Trouble-Making Sons, Tad and Willie by Staton Rabin; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Viking; 36 pages; $16.99; ages 6-up). A beleaguered president worries about real soldiers in...
The National Writing for Children Center, September 30, 2009
...points of view and offers examples of how people deal differently with problems. PRIMARY Casey Over There by Staton Rabin, 32 pages; $15 This is a touching story of two brothers whose lives were affected by World War I. Casey fought and his younger...
ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blo, May 13, 2009
...tackling the character of Napoleon, is on tap to play the French emperor in a screen adaptation of Staton Rabin's children's book "Betsy and the Emperor." GC Corp., the venture capital fund headed by Adi ... Al Pacino, who has long been interested in...