Ronni Kern

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Ronni Kern
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Ronni Kern is an American film and television writer and producer. [1] Kern is best known for writing such films as American Pop [2] and A Change of Seasons , as well as miniseries and television movies such as Helen of Troy , Homeless to Harvard (for which she won the Christopher Award) and Jesse Stone: Sea Change .. She has also written three novels, Wandering Boy in 2013, Uncharted in 2018 [3] and Duck! in 2018. Her novella The Key was published by Storylandia on March 1, 2021.

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References

  1. "Ronni Kern". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2012. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
  2. Canby, Vincent (February 13, 1981). "'American Pop' Grown-Up Animation". The New York Times .
  3. Kern, Ronni (August 8, 2018). Uncharted. Farm Fresh Films, Incorporated. ISBN   9781732589704.