0 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:0.0

Howard A. Rodman’s Followers (11)

Howard’s Bookshelves

to-read (2)
currently-reading (1)
read (0)

Howard’s Friends (3)

Jessica Gonzalez

515 books | 53 friends

Sean

209 books | 196 friends

Rachel Lutack

351 books | 80 friends

Howard A. Rodman

Goodreads Author

Born

Bedford Stuyvesant, The United States

Website

http://howardrodman.com

Twitter

howardrodman

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

Member Since

May 2019

edit data

Howard A. Rodman is the author of the novel THE GREAT EASTERN — a sprawling, lavish anticolonial adventure, set in New York, London, Paris, India, and the North Atlantic in the late 1800s — forthcoming June 4, 2019 from Melville House Books/Penguin Random House. Jonathan Lethem calls it "A historical phantasmagoria and ripping adventure. Like twelve of your favorite movies at once, in full Sensurround." Rodman's earlier novel DESTINY EXPRESS, set in the pre-War German filmmaking community, was published by Atheneum and blurbed by Thomas Pynchon, who called it "daringly imagined, darkly romantic--a moral thriller."

As a screenwriter, Rodman wrote SAVAGE GRACE, with Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne, nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2009 S Howard A. Rodman is the author of the novel THE GREAT EASTERN — a sprawling, lavish anticolonial adventure, set in New York, London, Paris, India, and the North Atlantic in the late 1800s — forthcoming June 4, 2019 from Melville House Books/Penguin Random House. Jonathan Lethem calls it "A historical phantasmagoria and ripping adventure. Like twelve of your favorite movies at once, in full Sensurround." Rodman's earlier novel DESTINY EXPRESS, set in the pre-War German filmmaking community, was published by Atheneum and blurbed by Thomas Pynchon, who called it "daringly imagined, darkly romantic--a moral thriller."

As a screenwriter, Rodman wrote SAVAGE GRACE, with Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne, nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2009 Spirit Awards, and AUGUST, starring Josh Hartnett and David Bowie. He also wrote JOE GOULD'S SECRET, the opening night film of the Sundance Film Festival, based on the memoir by iconic New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell.

He is the past president of the Writers Guild of America West; professor of screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts; a member of the National Film Preservation Board; and an artistic director of the Sundance Screenwriting Labs.

Working with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and USC, Rodman has conducted public conversations with writers Tom Wolfe, Walter Mosley, Ricky Jay, Geoff Dyer, Robert Polito, Lena Dunham, Spike Jonze, Vince Gilligan, Matthew Weiner, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Claude Carrière, Robert Towne, John Sayles, Mark Z. Danielewski, John McWhorter, Jeannette Seaver, Joan Schenkar, and Lady Antonia Fraser.

In the late 70s and early 80s, Rodman was a guitarist in several lower Manhattan post-punk bands, including Arsenal and Made in USA. Rodman's 2011 celebration of the centennial of the French silent cinema arch-villain Fantômas took him to Yale, Brown, the New School, and City Lights Books.

In 2013, in recognition of his contributions, he was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres [Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters] by the government of France. He was also the 2018 inductee to the Final Draft Screenwriters Hall of Fame. ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Howard A. Rodman questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Howard A. Rodman’s books

Average rating: 3.59 · 148 ratings · 32 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Great Eastern 3.61 avg rating — 137 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destiny Express 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Howard is Currently Reading

Howard Rodman is currently reading

The Great Eastern

by Howard A. Rodman (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

May 27, 2019 10:46PM

rss
Howard’s Recent Updates

Howard Rodman entered a giveaway Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jan 01, 2025 09:18AM · like · see giveaway · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Howard Rodman entered a giveaway Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 26, 2024 10:31AM · like · see giveaway · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">