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Bob Smiley is an L.A.-based writer and author. He won a 2015 Writers Guild of America award for his work on the Nickelodeon show THE HAUNTED HATHAWAYS.
Smiley began his writing career as a research assistant to the late, great William F. Buckley, Jr. In 2008, Smiley wrote the sports memoir FOLLOW THE ROAR, chronicling his journey around the globe as he followed Tiger Woods for every hole of an entire season.
In 2012, Smiley authored the satiric novel DON'T MESS WITH TRAVIS from Thomas Dunne Books and St. Martin's Press.
Working with fellow writer Justin Hensley, Smiley has a feature project in development with Jason Sudeikis and directors Will Speck & Josh Gordon. He also recently adapted William Gildea's "The Longest Fight" into a feature film for Warner Brothers-based Langley Park Productions.
Experience- Jan 2009 - PresentScreenwriter/Television Writer / Self-employed writer
Current projects include:
--a comedy feature with Jason Sudeikis and directors Will Speck & Josh Gordon
--a boxing adaptation of "The Longest Fight" for WB-based Langley Park Productions
--a half-hour comedy pilot for NICKELODEON
--a half-hour comedy pilot for GOLF CHANNEL - Jan 2013 - Oct 2014Story Editor / The Haunted Hathaways - Nickelodeon
- Jan 2011 - May 2012Author / Thomas Dunne Books
DON'T MESS WITH TRAVIS: A NOVEL
- Nov 2007 - Jun 2011Contributing Golf Writer / ESPN.com
- Jan 2008 - Nov 2008Author / HarperCollins Publishers
FOLLOW THE ROAR.
I spent 2008 tailing Tiger Woods and writing a book about the adventure, the goal being to follow Tiger from the gallery for every hole of his entire 2008 season. The result was FOLLOW THE ROAR, a memoir that Sports Illustrated called a "must read" for golfers everywhere.
- Jul 2007 - Sept 2007Writer, "Half Hour News Hour" / Fox News Channel
- Jun 2004 - Dec 2005Writer, "YES, DEAR" / 20th Century Fox
Spent two years on staff of the CBS sitcom "Yes, Dear."
- Jun 2001 - Apr 2004Writers' Assistant / 20th Century Fox
Assisted writers on various shows and pilots.
- Jul 1999 - Mar 2000Production Assistant, "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" / Viacom Productions
Education-
1995 - 1999Princeton UniversityBA in English, Theater
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THE CLUB
- A foursome of friends navigate life at their elite country club.
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DON'T MESS WITH TRAVIS
- A cowboy governor finds himself the accidental leader of Texas's right-wing revolution in this irreverent, entertaining debut novel.
"If there were a Nobel Prize for political wit, Bob Smiley's novel Don't Mess with Travis would win it in a landslide." -- Steve Forbes"A freewheeling satire that does for politics what Texan Dan Jenkins' antic fictions did for golf and football. Smiley's first novel disproves the notion that conservatives can't be really funny." -- Kirkus Reviews"Smiley's incisive and derisive view of the political process makes this razor-sharp debut novel a timely and entertaining read." -- Booklist
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FOLLOW THE ROAR
- In 2008, Tiger Woods won 5 of 7 events and the US Open on one leg. One golf fan was there to witness it all.
"Nothing short of a wonder." --Â Huffington Post"Read Follow The Roar." -- Sports Illustrated
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THE HAUNTED HATHAWAYS
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SCRIPTS
- Click on TITLES to read:FIGHT TO THE FINISH: The Joe Gans Story - Feature-length boxing drama based on the William Gildea book The Longest FightSCREAMING FREEDOM - Feature comedy, COMING SOONTHE CLUB - GOLF CHANNEL - Half-hour comedy pilotVIVA DOUG - Half-hour spec comedyWHERE WERE WE - Half-hour spec comedyNIGHT OWLS - DISNEY XD - Half-hour comedy pilot
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AWARDS
- 2015 Writers Guild of America Award
