Elizabeth H. Winthrop's "Conviction," the movie

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I honestly didn’t have any cinematic notions in mind when I wrote Conviction, but in answering the question of who I’d want to star in a movie adaptation was fun, and when I stumbled across the “right” actor for each role, I knew it immediately.

Saoirse Ronan could play Maggie; she has that quality of fierce interiority, and she's believable as someone whose idealism could harden into something dangerous without ever losing your sympathy.

Ramy Youssef could play Ahmet. He has enormous charm, quiet intelligence, and a genuine spiritual seriousness.

As for Ann, I think Laura Linney. She has...[read on]

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My Book, The Movie: Conviction.

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