Bruce Wagner has written thirteen novels and bestsellers, including the famous โCellphone Trilogy,โ Iโm Losing You (PEN USA finalist), Iโll Let You Go and Still Holding, Dead Stars, ROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr, The Empty Chair, and the PEN/Faulkner-finalist Chrysanthemum Palace. He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenbergโs film Maps to the Stars, for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created the visionary mini-series Wild Palms for producer Oliver Stone and co-wrote (with Ullman) three seasons of the acclaimed Tracey Ullmanโs State of the Union. He has written essays and articles for the New York Times, Artforum and the New Yorker. He lives in Los Angeles.