In Development

by Stan Lerner

In Development is a hilarious account of a day in the life of Stan Peters Hollywood s most powerful and scummiest producer. The day begins like any other day a superlative, five-star breakfast at The Peninsula Hotel. However, the shocking news that there has been a change at the very top of the studio means that the perfect world of Stan and his closest associates could come to a sudden end especially with a movie like Two Jews and a Blonde Psycho in development. The subsequent call from Brad, the new studio boss, confirms their greatest fear their movie is in danger of being put in turn-around. A day of sex, manipulation, lying, betrayal, blackmail, and murder ensues -- otherwise known in Hollywood as a happy ending. Stan Lerner was born in Montebello, California and currently lives in Los Angeles. His vast and diverse body of work has earned him such credits the painter of the Black Period; the creator and producer of the Las Vegas music spectacle Night Tribe; writer/director/producer of the motion picture comedy Meet The Family, author of Stan Lerner s Criminal and now, In Development. Stan Lerner is not only one of the most talented and original writers of his generation; he is truly one of the great creative forces of our time.

126 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 2007

About the author

Even prior to his thirteenth birthday Stan Lerner the child prodigy was compared to the great artists of history. His paintings were of the stature of Miro and his writings reminiscent of Poe, and Tolstoy.
Today he stands almost alone as the towering artistic force or our time. From the paintings of Black Period, to the motion picture “Meet The Family”, to the Las Vegas music spectacle “Night Tribe”, and the novel “Stan Lerner’s Criminal” he has done nothing less than shift the paradigm of his chosen mediums. An artist’s, artist, his name resounds in the worlds of both art and business, but more than this his work has been a light to the disenfranchised. Embracing the dark, not afraid to find humor, the pure sexual celebration of music, all part of his most diverse pallet.
Born and raised in East Los Angeles Stan Lerner the author is the product of the worst public school systems in the United States. Yet he was accepted to UCLA where he attended, and was perhaps most distinguished for his lifestyle and business savvy. A multi-millionaire artist by the age of eighteen his great artistic talent was perhaps eclipsed in the public eye by his fantastic wealth and fast lifestyle.
Ultimately the death of his beloved father gave him the focus to pursue his artistic talents singularly. As a painter, playwright, musician, choreographer, screenwriter, director, and novelist, triumph after triumph has ensued. The one time jet setter is now hardly seen in public. The Lerner work however is never ending and always evolving. It is hard to imagine that such a profound body of work spanning more than twenty years is the work of a man just forty-two years of age. Lerner now only further solidifies his place in history and his value as a national treasure with every work.