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David Gregory is an American author of Christian fiction. David is a native of Texas. [1]

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is also considered a writer. More broadly defined, an author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.

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Fiction

<i>The Perfect Stranger</i> (film) 2005 film by Jefferson Moore

The Perfect Stranger is a 2005 Independent Christian film based on the novel Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory. It was featured at the 2005 Western Film and Video Festival, and was released on October 28, 2005. Directed by Jefferson Moore and Shane Sooter, the film starred Pamela Brumley and Jefferson Moore.

<i>Another Perfect Stranger</i> 2007 film by Jefferson Moore

Another Perfect Stranger is a 2007 film sequel to the 2005 Christian film, The Perfect Stranger. It stars Jefferson Moore, and Ruby Marie Lewis as Sarah Cominsky, the grown daughter of Nikki. It is followed by another sequel Nikki and the Perfect Stranger. It was based largely on David Gregory's novel, Day with a Perfect Stranger, with a few minor plot changes.

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Non-fiction

Adaptations

Two of his works were adapted to film. Dinner with a Perfect Stranger was the inspiration for The Perfect Stranger , a film directed by Shane Shooter and Jefferson Moore. His novel, Day with a Perfect Stranger which was a sequel to Dinner with a Perfect Stranger was the inspiration for the film Another Perfect Stranger , also directed by Shooter and Moore. Another sequel followed, The Perfect Gift , although it was not based on a book. [4]

Jefferson Moore is an American actor, writer, producer, director and editor based in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the founder and owner of Kelly's Filmworks.

<i>The Perfect Gift</i> 2009 film by Jefferson Moore

The Perfect Gift is a 2009 spinoff of the 2005 Christian drama movie The Perfect Stranger, and its first sequel, Another Perfect Stranger. It stars Christina Fougnie, Amy Hess, Matt Wallace and Jefferson Moore once again as Jesus Christ. It was filmed almost entirely in Kentucky, where the first two movies in the series were not.

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References

  1. "Dinner with a Perfect Stranger :: The Author". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. "Night with a Perfect Stranger".
  3. Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "The Perfect Stranger Movie". The Perfect Stranger Movie. Retrieved September 27, 2012.