Alanna Bennett

@alannabennett.bsky.social

Screenwriter, culture writer, author. Novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER out in 2025. Find my work @ Netflix, Amazon, The CW, The Cut, NYT, & more.

I named Kia’s teacher after my English teacher, Mr. Hillis. And he came to my Portland event! He remembers so many details of how I was in the classroom, which makes me so emotional because he shaped so much of the writer I became. Thank you, Mr. Hillis. Thank you, teachers.

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My two Lyfts in San Francisco have been teslas and sitting in the back of those things I have never been more carsick in my LIFE. I felt every bump, every wobble, felt like I was in a Flintstones vehicle.

I had a great time talking Kia Greer at the Kiss & Tell Literary Salon at Books Inc with theee Jasmine Guillory. And two of my siblings came! And a couple friends from college! And I didn’t even know most of the people in the audience?!? A rare occurrence for a debut tour!!

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