While the movie penned and starred in by Chris Colfer isn’t set to release until around December, fans can expect a young adult novel detailing the same story to be released on November 20th.
Struck by Lightning is a series of flashbacks narrated by the main character, high school senior Carson Phillips, as he blackmails his peers into participating in his literary journal as a means of getting into his dream college. The movie aired at Tribeca, Cannes, and Outfest to a great critical and audience response.
The book, Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal, follows the success of his New York Times best-selling debut novel, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, which was aimed at a younger age group, making this his first novel geared toward young adults. In addition to a print book, the book will be released as an audiobook and read by Colfer himself, much like The Land of Stories audiobook. The book is available to pre-order from Barnes and Noble.
So basically in the last two years Chris Colfer has written 2 books (and is already working on his third), written two film scripts – one of which he filmed already, and developed a series for Disney. That’s of course on top of his Glee filming and tour schedule.
That boy sure does have a way of making you feel inadequate. ;-)