Meet the Antrim writer whose book influenced Angelina Jolie movie: ‘I was scared because the fans are intense'
Writer Lyndsy Spence takes time out from working on Vivien Leigh movie to help launch Ballyscullion Park Book Festival
Antrim author and screenwriter Lyndsy Spence is never sure how far her books about interesting women will reach.
But her biography of the late opera singer Maria Callas influenced the recent Angelina Jolie film Maria, and a Greek director has optioned it for a TV series.
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