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Alanna’s screenwriting work is repped by Grandview (Tracy Kopulsky) and CAA (Stephanie Smalling, Katie Laner, Ann Blancard).

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.

• ESSAY: A Month In A Tuscan Villa Didn’t (Completely) Fix My Burnout (The Cut)

• CULTURAL CRIT: There’s No Fleabag Without Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Crashing (The Ringer)

• ESSAY: The Healing Power of the Friendship Retreat (The Conversationalist)

• COVER STORY: Keke Palmer Is In Full Bloom (Refinery29)

• BOOK REVIEW: Who Can Actually Afford to Live in Portland? (New York Times)

• READING LIST: What A Bunch Of Interesting Humans Are Reading (The Conversationalist)

• ESSAY: Anxiety In the Deep End, Traveling During the Pandemic (Eater)

• COVER STORY: Camila Mendes is Taking it all in Stride (Teen Vogue)

• ESSAY: When My Mom Moved Into Her Car, We Learned to Survive Without Being Fine (BuzzFeed)

• CULTURAL CRIT: 20 Years In, Practical Magic Is As Relevant As Ever (BuzzFeed News)

• PROFILE: Amber Tamblyn is Finding Her Way in the Reckoning Along With the Rest of Us (BuzzFeed News)

• MINI ESSAY: Where I Write (Catapult)

• REVIEW: Shrill is an Origin Story About the Journey to Self-Love (TV Guide)

• PROFILE: Terry Crews is Not Going Down Without a Fight (BuzzFeed News)

• REVIEW: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a Mess (BuzzFeed News)

• PROFILE: This Iconic Hollywood Screenwriting Team Should Be Household Names By Now (BuzzFeed News)

• FEATURE: The Magicians’ Queliot Episode is a Landmark Moment for Slash Fandom (Vulture)

• TRAVEL WRITING: Travel the West Coast in One Fell Swoop With the Coast Starlight (Bonobos)

• FEATURE: Practical Magic Is 20 Years Old And Just as Relevant As Ever (BuzzFeed News)

• FEATURE: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Became An Instant Classic. Here’s How it Happened. (BuzzFeed News)

• FEATURE: The Show That’s Quietly Mastering How To Portray Sexual Assault on Television (BuzzFeed News)

• ESSAY: Seeing a Black Hermione In 2018 Is a Reminder of What Fandom Can Build (BuzzFeed News)