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  "description": "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nPeter Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director.\n\nHedges grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa, and attended Valley High School, where he was involved in the theater department, including the improv group and the mime troupe, \"The Bakers Dozen\". He later went to the North Carolina School of the Arts. His novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, which launched his film career.\n\nIn 2002, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for About a Boy. In the same year, he wrote and directed Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, which he dedicated to his mother.\n\nIn 2007, he co-wrote and directed Dan in Real Life.\n\nIn 2009, he was signed to write and direct The Odd Life of Timothy Green, a film conceived by Ahmet Zappa, to be produced by Zappa and Scott Sanders.\n\nHis latest novel, The Heights was published March 4, 2010 by Dutton.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Peter Hedges, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.",
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