Snowbound

by Evan Kilgore

A matriarch and a patriarch embittered by a lifetime of antipathy. An older son with a failing career and a wife whose hostility has driven a wedge between him and his siblings. A younger son whose increasing distance, during college, has called into question his identity and the secrets that he has been keeping. A daughter whose unexpected pregnancy has turned her life upside-down. Gathering for Thanksgiving at their home in rural Montana, the family begins the holiday on the brink of a breaking point.But as strained nerves and tempers threaten to push each of them to a over the edge, a sudden power outage in the midst of a punishing blizzard seals the entire family in a claustrophobic pressure cooker. The snow piles up, and the food and emergency supplies dwindle – while the family must come to a reckoning with a frightening new the electricity may not be coming back. Faced with a dangerously unraveling situation, the formerly-estranged family must confront their pasts and come together to fight for their very survival.PRAISE FOR EVAN "Kilgore is able to elevate the mundane thriller into a work of thoughtful activity that forces the reader to examine it form all directions."- Barb Radmore, Front Street Reviews"Kilgore is a persuasive writer with a stark, stripped-down we believe the story because he sells it to us."- Booklist

271 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 5, 2020

About the author

Evan Kilgore graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts with a fine arts degree in Writing for the Screen and Television. Who is Shayla Hacker, his debut novel, was first published by Bleak House Books in the following year. His second novel, The Children of Black Valley, was released one year later, followed by his third, Made in China, in 2013, his fourth, The Last March of Nine, in 2014, and his fifth, Snowbound, in 2020.

Evan has also written or co-written a variety of motion picture screenplays, including shorts such as MJMW and feature films including The Butterflies of Bill Baker. After making the Black List in 2015 with the screenplay that he wrote with his screenwriting partner, Mayday 109, the duo scored a sale on their next script, Keeper of the Diary, to Searchlight Pictures in a competitive studio bidding situation, and went on to sell two television pilots to FX Networks and Peacock. They are in development on a wide array of film and television projects. Evan lives and works in Los Angeles.

Visit www.evankilgore.com to stay up-to-date on Evan's latest work.