Bernie Su is the Emmy Award-winning executive producer, co-creator, head writer, and director of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries for which he received a Streamy Award for Best Writing, Comedy and Best Interactive Program. Su is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, and lives in Los Angeles.
Kate Rorick is a writer for The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. She has written for a variety of television shows, including Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Terra Nova. In her spare time, she is the bestselling author of historical romance novels under the name Kate Noble. Rorick is a graduate of Syracuse University and lives in Los Angeles.
"An impressive feat; a charming and creative twist on a familiar
tale."--The Daily Dot
"Brilliant."--The Awl
"Fantastic. . . . This book hits all the high points of Austen's
most famous novel in satisfying ways (Darcy's confession, Lydia's
bad choices), while updating it for the digital age. Though the
videos are the catalyst for the novel, readers need not have viewed
them to enjoy this story. Fans of the Web series and newcomers
alike will be satisfied."--Publishers Weekly
"It's AWESOME and AMAZING and WOW. . . . I loved, loved, loved this
update. . . . Aside from just being a great series, and aside from
showing how a retelling can be original, and aside from
illustrating how an update can be faithful, The Lizzie Bennet
Diaries is also an example of how story-telling evolves and how
that evolution does not mean that existing methods of story-telling
disappear. We live in a world where Pride and Prejudice can be a
book, can be movies and musicals and TV shows, and can also be a
'video/social media' series. This retelling no more erases the Jane
Austen book than an e-book means that linear storytelling and
'books' disappear and become choose-your-own-adventure/game
apps."--School Library Journal
"Jane Austen would, like, totally approve"--People Magazine
"Offers a fresh take on Pride and Prejudice--without ruining it. .
. . [Lizzie's] voice is reminiscent of the sort of wry sarcasm that
made Daria so appealing."--Washington Post
"The Lizzie Bennet Diaries finds a new way to present a
200-year-old story. . . . [It is] the quintessentially 21st-century
take on Austen's novel . . . a unique piece of interactive media
that has a big heart and a lot of soul."--The Onion A.V. Club
Praise for The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: "Addictive . . . In theory,
it should be terrible. In practice, it's pure genius. . . . The
Lizzie Bennet Diaries is faithful to the original without being
slavish or full of in-jokes. It's a sharp, clever re-imagining of a
novel about class, society and the things we do for love (and
money). I like to think that if Austen was writing now, she might
have created something very like this."--The Guardian
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