Tom Epperson is a native of Malvern, Arkansas. He received a B.A. in English from the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock and an M.A. in English from the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville, then headed west with his boyhood friend Billy Bob Thornton
to pursue a career in show business. Epperson’s co-written the scripts for One False Move, A Family Thing, The Gift, and A Gun, a Car, a Blonde. His book The Kind One was nominated for a 2009 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He’s presently living in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Stefani, three pampered cats, and a frisky dog.
     
   
You write a lot of scripts, but not many
of them ever become movies.
These have...