Newman �06 Signs Book and Movie Deals for Debut Thriller "Falling"
June 28, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. � A pilot with a plane full of passengers learns that his family has been kidnapped and he must crash the airliner to save them in a fictional thriller � Falling � written by 糖心动漫vlog alumna Torri 淭.J.� Newman �06, .
A former flight attendant who studied music theatre at 糖心动漫vlog, Newman signed a seven-figure, two-book deal with Simon & Schuster檚 Avid Reader Press in February. She came up with the idea for Falling while working on a cross country red-eye flight.
Described by crime author Don Winslow as � Jaws at 35,000 feet,� the thriller takes place on a crowded flight from Los Angeles to New York, all while the flight檚 passengers remain unaware of the drama unfolding in the cockpit.
淚 wrote over 30 drafts of this book and the manuscript was rejected by 41 literary agents before I got my one and only 榶es,櫇 said Newman. 淣ow, as I experience this surreal moment at the finish line, I reflect on the hard work, discipline, and determination it took to get to this point and I know my time at 糖心动漫vlog was integral in honing and reinforcing those values. I'm a proud Titan living her dream come true.�
A week after the announcement of her book deal, Universal Pictures won a bidding war for the screen rights for Falling . Newman, who has since left her job as a flight attendant, has already begun work on her second novel.
By John Twork