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RedHanded
It was co-authored by Michael Peterson and told the story of an 11-year-old Chinese boy who is befriended by US Marines. It was a successful book that allowed Michael to live comfortably from the proceeds, and in early December 2001, the author of the book was contacted by a Hollywood film producer who wanted to turn it into a movie.
Back in 1988 Michael had co-authored a book with a guy called David Permont called Charlie Two Shoes. It's the story of an 11-year-old Chinese boy who's befriended by a company of US Marines.
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It was co-authored by Michael Peterson and told the story of an 11-year-old Chinese boy who is befriended by US Marines. It was a successful book that allowed Michael to live comfortably from the proceeds, and in early December 2001, the author of the book was contacted by a Hollywood film producer who wanted to turn it into a movie.
Back in 1988 Michael had co-authored a book with a guy called David Permont called Charlie Two Shoes. It's the story of an 11-year-old Chinese boy who's befriended by a company of US Marines.
And in early December 2001, David had called Michael to tell him that a Hollywood film producer with the most Bond villain sounding name we've ever heard Stratton Leopold was interested in turning Charlie Two Shoes into a film.
And this wasn't just like pipe dream top of the pipeline kind of chat. Stratton Leopold was like this is happening we're doing this we're turning this book into a movie.
And people always say like Michael Peterson is like a failed novelist. He wasn't. His first two books did really, really well.