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I wrote the feature film, Murder in Fashion, about the shooting of designer Gianni I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English and was nominated for two Pushcart Prizes in fiction. My coming-of-age story, published in Cornell University's literary magazine, Epoch, is currently under option to Sony and director Brad Furman. I wrote the feature thriller Murder in Fashion, also titled Fashion Victim, about serial killer Andrew Cunanan's murder spree ending with the assassination of Gianni Versace.

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I wrote the feature film, Murder in Fashion, about the shooting of designer Gianni I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English and was nominated for two Pushcart Prizes in fiction. My coming-of-age story, published in Cornell University's literary magazine, Epoch, is currently under option to Sony and director Brad Furman. I wrote the feature thriller Murder in Fashion, also titled Fashion Victim, about serial killer Andrew Cunanan's murder spree ending with the assassination of Gianni Versace. It played in theatres and was reviewed in the NY Times.

Fashion Victim review L.A. Times Kevin Thomas "...written by Linda Boroff and directed by Ben Waller, is a straightforward, well-paced, resourcefully made account of Andrew Cunanan's 1997 serial killing spree that culminated with his fatal shooting of Gianni Versace.

Fashion Victim review by Richard von Lust, L.A. Times: "Low budget but accurate and well constructed insight into a modern mystery." The producer, Mark Boot, said: "On a personal level I really appreciate your professionalism and enthusiasm on Murder in Fashion. You have been a real joy to work with since day 1."

Partial List of Writing Awards: Semifinalist: Park City Table Read My Screenplay competition 2024 Semifinalist: Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition Semifinalist: Creative World Awards Second Place: American Gem competition First prize: The Writers Place Competition Finalist: Eric Hoffer fiction competition (anthologized in Best New Writing 2011) Anthologized in Modern Shorts: Fiction Attic Press Top Ten Finalist: Bruce Geller Memorial Screenplay Competition **** I collaborated with producer Don Murphy (Transformers, Natural Born Killers) in writing the biopic Fast Fade about tragic film noir actress Barbara Payton. Don can give me a reference if you wish.

I am also developing the limited miniseries Duty to Warn with Ellen Brown (she wrote The Infiltrator with Bryan Cranston) on the 1969 stalking murder of Berkeley student Tanya Tarasoff, resulting in a landmark Supreme Court ruling on doctor-patient confidentiality.

My dystopian novel, Twisted Fate, a sci-fi medical thriller, was published in paperback in 2022. A pre-publication sample was published in The Write Launch.

My Young Adult novel, The Dressmaker's Daughter, about a 16-year-old partisan in WWII Romania, was also published in 2022 by Santa Monica Press. My supernatural suspense novella, The Remnant, came out in 2024.

Testimonials and Reviews

Winner: Fellowship to St. Petersburg (Russia) literary seminar: Thank you for participating in the SLS/St. Petersburg annual literary contest. We were impressed by the strength and quality of your work and would like to offer you a fellowship for the program tuition. We genuinely enjoyed your quietly powerful story at once direct and complex; beautifully achieved and thoroughly satisfying. All Best, SUMMER LITERARY SEMINARS Mikhail Iossel sls executive director

Acceptance for novella A Season of Turbulence by The Conium Review

"Boroff's rhythmic language echoes the hard-boiled spirit of Chandler or Hammett. Overall, it's a strong story with brilliant dialogue, and an intimate knowledge of the attitudes and environs of Alaska. I highly recommend publication...this is one which I'd love to read in Conium."

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