Hit & Miss with Monique Ming Laven - Daniel James Brown, Boys in the Boat author
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Daniel James Brown fell in love with literature in the U.C. Berkeley libraries. Monique shamelessly used their Cal connection in her pitch for the story.
Amazon MGM Studios Los Angeles Premiere Of "The Boys In The Boat" - Arrivals BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 11: (L-R top row) Jack Mulhern, Joel Phillimore, Wil Coban, Callum Turner, Courtney Henggeler, Sam Strike, Hadley Robinson, Grant Heslov, Daniel James Brown, George Clooney, Mark L. Smith, Joel Edgerton, (L-R bottom row) Chris Diamantopoulos, James Wolk, Thomas Elms, Luke Slattery and Bruce Herbelin-Earle attend Amazon MGM Studios Los Angeles Premiere of "The Boys in the Boat" at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 11, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Amazon MGM Studios Los Angeles Premiere Of "The Boys In The Boat" - Arrivals BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 11: Daniel James Brown attends Amazon MGM Studios Los Angeles Premiere of "The Boys in the Boat" at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 11, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Describing his hits and misses to Monique in Redmond last summer. (Jeff RITTER)
DJB book reading at Pittsburg’s Carnegie Music Hall in 2016.
