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about the novel
NOVELIST: STEVEN GANNAWAY
Seraphim Blues, the novel the film is based on, was published in 2003 by Reed Publishing
(now part of the Penguin Group).
Steven was born in England but raised in Te Kuiti, New Zealand. He studied Philosophy and
Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North.
He is an exhibiting artist and recently completed a Bachelor of Fine Art.
As well as writing and painting, Steven has been Executive Director of the New Zealand
Writers Guild for the last four years.
He has a cameo role in The Most Fun You Can Have Dying as a bartender in the Yellow
Submarine Hamilton pub, something he felt very at home with.
Steven Gannaway on The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
“It was a well reviewed novel but by far the best review was Kirstin and Alex deciding they
wanted to make it into a film. I had actually always hoped it was going to be picked up as it
was a theatrical story in my head. It has truths that translate. I was working in a record store
when I wrote the novel and thoughts of escape involving large sums of money were always at
the front of mind, as with anyone working in retail.”
“There was an article on the news about a kid who had leukemia and his small town had
raised all this money for the operation and I jokingly thought at the time that if the kid had
found out how much money it was, he would probably want to spend it on Lego. Then I
thought about what I’d want to spend it on and that was the genesis.“
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