New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, VA with Beatrix Ost
Launch of The Sting of the Bee at Book No Further, Roanoke, VA
K.E. Lanning Bio
K.E. Lanning (Karen) is a screenwriter and author born in Houston, Texas.
As a screenwriter, Lanning has written both drama and sci-fi, including a multi-award winning pilot (1-hour) screenplay, "A Spider Sat Beside Her," for a proposed limited series titled, THE MELT (loosely adapted from her MELT trilogy of novels), and proposed to entail three seasons. In drama, Lanning has written an award-winning pilot for a mini-series, "Where the Sky Meets the Earth." In addition, she's written an award-winning dark comedy short, "The Caretaker."
As a novelist, Lanning has written two works of literary fiction, as wells as a climate fiction trilogy titled, THE MELT Trilogy: A Spider Sat Beside Her, The Sting of the Bee and Listen to the Birds." Each novel garnered excellent Kirkus Reviews, with the last novel the recipient of Best New Novels of 2019 from Kirkus Reviews.
As a part of her author platform, she’s published a series of book reviews and author interviews on THE MILLIONS and FUTURISM, including authors Claire Vaye Watkins, Hugh Howey, Margaret Atwood, Emily St. John Mandel, Andy Weir, and Cixin Liu.
Lanning is a member of the Virginia Screenwriters Forum, Women in Film & Video, and James River Writers.
Email: kelanningauthor ‘at’ gmail.com
Check out various interviews on the LINKS page!
Virginia Screenwriters’ Forum was represented at the historic Byrd Theater in Richmond, VA for the Richmond International Film Festival Awards Ceremony, September 29th, 2024.
Virginia Screenwriters Forum Members
Karen Lanning & Adam Lapallo
Austin Film Festival, October 2023
2024 Events:
Richmond International Film Festival as Top Select Finalist for Short Screenplay, In the Wilderness, and Teleplay Pilot, Where the Sky Meets the Earth, for Semi-finalist.
2023 Events:
Austin Film Festival for A Spider Sat Beside Her Pilot Screenplay Second Rounder
December 9: Book Signing at Book No Further, Roanoke, VA
2022 Events:
October 15: Book Signing w/ Bruce Bryan: Book No Further, Roanoke, VA
2021 Events:
November 6: Book Signing w/ Robert Schultz @ Book No Further, Roanoke VA
2019 Events:
April 6, 12-2 pm: Book Launch @ Book People, Richmond, VA
April 7, 2-3 pm: Book Launch @ New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, VA
April 13, 1-3 pm: Book No Further Book Launch/Signing, Roanoke, VA
April 20, 1-3 pm: Winchester Book Gallery Launch/Signing, Winchester, VA
April 28: Back Room Readers, Lexington Coffee, Lexington, VA
Bruce Bryan & K.E. Lanning @ Book No Further, Roanoke, VA October 15, 2022
August 10: Book No Further Author Signing, Roanoke, VA
2018 Events:
October 29, 2017: Back Room Reading @ Lexington Coffee, Lexington, VA
January 21, 2018: Back Room Reading @ Lexington Coffee, Lexington, VA
April 14, 2018: Book No Further Reading/Signing, Roanoke, VA
April 29, 2018: Back Room Reading @ Lexington Coffee, Lexington, VA
November 24, 2018: Book No Further Author Event/Signing, Roanoke, VA
Select photos of Listen to the Birds launch events, April, 2019