The One Good Man
An author who treasures the art of letter-writing is spellbound by an inmate who becomes a pen pal.
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Joyce and her kids around the time of her correspondence with Grizzly. Photo courtesy of Joyce Maynard.
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Joyce’s experiences with Grizzly were the basis of her novel Labor Day, now being turned into a film by Jason Reitman, starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. The film will be released on December 25th, 2013. Photo courtesy Entertainment Weekly.
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The cover of Joyce's tenth book, Count the Ways, which will be released June 29, 2021