Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the duo who brought us classics like Rounders, A Solitary Man, and The Illusionist, came to Butler last week to share their trade secrets with our community. Koppelman and Levien gave an extended Q&A, led by Butler fiction professor Dan Barden. They discussed writing for the screen, figuring out how to do a job after saying you’ll do it, and the dynamics of writing as a team. Levien, who has written a series of detective novels, also spoke about the literary publishing world.
You can learn more about Koppelman and Levien in this classic Bill Simmons interview.