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Alanna Bennett is a screenwriter and culture writer living in Los Angeles. Born in Hollywood and raised in Portland, Alanna studied Cinema Studies at Oberlin College and seeks to tell stories that move conversations forward while providing a balm to the daily stresses of human existence. She has written feature films for major studios and has written for television in the writers rooms of XO, KITTY (ensemble YA dramedy), ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO (sci-fi drama), and THE HOSPITAL (animated comedy), as well as on her own development. She is currently working on her debut novel and her first comic book.

As an entertainment reporter, culture writer, and essayist, Alanna’s work has appeared on BuzzFeed and BuzzFeed News (where she worked for years), as well as the New York Times, Teen Vogue, The Cut, Vulture, Refinery29, Eater, TV Guide, and many more. She’s written cover stories profiling celebrities, bled into essays about childhood homelessness, smiled through public love letters to friends, dissected the rom-com too many times to count, and reported on the Me Too movement, representation, Captain America’s butt, and much, much more. When it comes to all of the above, across every one of her many careers, she is only just getting started.

 

WHAT ALANNA’S READING

Head over to her Bookshop.org page if you’re interested in what books A.B.’s devouring these days.

 
Brought my family to the picket line ❤️✊🏽❤️
This photo came up in my phone archives today. I haven’t let last August go. I want to go back so badly. I also have a book to finish this summer, so if anyone’s got an open second house or needs a house sitter for 1-3 weeks in July or Au
Stay for the credits ❌🅾️❤️ proud of every single person onscreen and behind the scenes who made this show.
little buddy
The big fancy Hollywood premiere of XO Kitty was tonight. None of the writers went because what’s at stake with this strike matters more than us getting dressed up in fancy clothes and standing on or near red carpets. But make no mistake: we&rs
31 was baby steps. In 32 let’s run.
Feelin hella existential and hella mad #wgastrong
Workshop’s already almost sold out! And here’s another seminar coming your way, this time through the lens of the works of RICHARD CURTIS. Last white person I’m lensing this particular class on. But he shaped what a romantic comedy
Day 3. It poured rain but that didn’t deter us. We made our own party outside Disney and fought for the very basics. We will be out here rain or shine until they give us what we need — even though, uh, writers are very much indoor kids. B

 

 

THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER comes out from Knopf in Spring 2025, and there’s more coming after that! Sign up below for updates on these projects.

Alanna’s screenwriting work is repped by Tracy Kopulsky at Grandview, Matthew Doyle at Verve (TV), and Viviane Telio and Nicholas Mohebbi at Verve (features).

 

Alanna is an occasional but enthusiastic podcast host and guest. Alanna co-created and hosted A SIMPLE PODCAST, a limited series deep-diving into the 2018 classic A SIMPLE FAVOR. It attracted interviews with Paul Feig, Blake Lively, and more. Alanna has also been a guest on THIRST AID KID, BUFFERING THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, PODCAST LIKE IT’S 1999, NICOLE’S GREY’S ANATOMY, LONG LIVE THE HART, THE BONES ZONE, and MORE.

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