Fifty Mice by Daniel Pyne

Daniel Pyne is the author of five novels: Water Memory, Catalina Eddy, Fifty Mice, A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar, and Twentynine Palms. Among his many screenplays are Pacific Heights, Doc Hollywood, The Sum of All Fears, Jonathan Demme's Manchurian Candidate, and Backstabbing for Beginners. He made his directorial debut with the independent film Where's Marlowe? His list of television credits (creating, writing, and show running) spans Miami Vice to Bosch. Pyne has worked as a screen printer, a sportswriter, an adman, and a cartoonist and taught screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television for more than two decades. He splits his time between California and New Mexico with his wife, their rescue dog, and a surly box turtle.