Contrary To Popular Belief, Some Authors Enjoy The Experience Of Seeing Their Works Made Into Films

The Hartford Courant Books Editor Carole Goldberg talks with Claire Cook. The movie version of Cook’s second novel, “Must Love Dogs,” will be released Friday by Warner Bros., with a cast that includes Diane Lane, John Cusack, Dermot Mulroney, Elizabeth Perkins, Christopher Plummer and Stockard Channing.

Here’s how that came to be, says Cook, who is still reveling in her excellent Hollywood adventure.