Ryne Douglas Pearson

Ryne Douglas Pearson is an American novelist and screenwriter who wrote the concept story and helped write the script for the 2009 film, Knowing. He also wrote Capital Punishment in 1996, Top Ten in 1999 and Simple Simon: A Thriller in 1996 which was filmed as Mercury Rising. Additionally, he wrote the book Cloudburst (also published as Thunder One).

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