Meet The Author 2009-10 Series Presents An Evening & Workshop with Jerry Stahl 10/30

Jerry Stahl's first book, the harrowing memoir Permanent Midnight, tells the story of his life as a successful Hollywood writer living with drug addiction. Beginning his career in the adult film industry, Stahl later began writing scripts for such TV hits as "Moonlighting," "Thirtysomething," and "Alf," jobs that put almost $7,000 a week in his bank account. Moving between $100 Los Angeles lunches and meetings with Cybill Shepherd to dangerous scores in the worst parts of the city, Stahl managed to lose his family, his house, his screenwriting opportunity for the second season of "Twin Peaks," and nearly his life. Permanent Midnight is not for people with delicate sensibilities or any other low thresholds for truth.

Stahl's autobiography provides no glitzy Hollywood confessional with raised letters on the dust jacket, and it's not a self-help book on recovery. Instead, it explores, with brutal honesty and humor, the author's struggle between the nightmares of addiction and the nightmares of sobriety. He has also published four novels, Perv: A Love Story, Plainclothes Naked and I, Fatty, a faux-memoir of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, which has been optioned by Johnny Depp.

Of most recent novel, Pain Killers, he received this starred review in Publisher's Weekly: "Stahl is no stranger to smashing social taboos, and his trademark blend of ballsy, blacker-than-black humor and wry social commentary lets him find humor in the third Reich."

Jerry Stahl will host an intimate evening at Merrimack Hall to discuss his memoir and novels, followed by a Q&A with the audience and book signing. The following day, Mr. Stahl will teach "My Life, The Movie," screenwriting workshop.

An Evening With Jerry Stahl: Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.
"My Life, The Movie" Screenwriting Workshop: Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10 a.m.

Tickets: Each event $25.00 adults.

Details at www.merrimackhall.com or by calling the Box Office at (256) 534-6455!