Gigi Levangie Grazer | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist, Screenwriter, TV producer, Film producer |
Gigi Levangie Grazer (born Georgianne Levangie; January 2, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer. She has written numerous screenplays but is most widely known for the movie Stepmom, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. Levangie Grazer is also the author of many New York Times best-selling novels including The Starter Wife, Maneater, Queen Takes King, and The After Wife. Her latest novel Seven Deadlies was released October 17, 2013 by Blue Rider Press and is set to adapt as a drama series for MTV.
Levangie Grazer was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she lived most of her life on the Eastside of Hollywood. She played violin in a junior orchestra and was also voted Class Clown at LeConte Junior High. She was a student at Hollywood High when she gave up violin to become a cheerleader. She also attended UCLA, where she majored in political science. Gigi reportedly never joined a sorority at UCLA because she couldn't afford it as well as not being able to stand authority, especially from "smug rich kids." Her Hollywood career began as an intern on a late-night talk show, for which she wrote sketches; she later became an assistant to producer Fred Silverman, who dissuaded her from attending law school by offering her a substantial raise and writing assignments for the television series In the Heat of the Night.