Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Although Jonathan Tropper always wanted to be a writer it took him a while to break into the business. He wrote his debut novel while working in the New York City jewelry industry, designing display cases for the family business in Brooklyn. (source)
Do you remember the long passage where Tropper describes, in exhausting detail, the particulars of testicular pain? It turns out that this passage was originally written for another piece and only added later to This Is Where I Leave You. Tropper included it because he had never seen another author accurately describe the experience. (source)
Tropper doesn't only write novels. Besides writing the screenplay for the film adaptation for This Is Where I Leave You, he also co-created the TV series Banshee. Surprisingly, it's not a light-hearted family comedy—it's a moody crime thriller. Talk about defying expectations! (source)