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Wes Tooke is known for Midway (2019), Colony (2016) and Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016).
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Thanks for visiting the website of screenwriter and novelist Wes Tooke. Wes is currently a writer and producer on COLONY for USA and JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON for Amazon. Wes has also published novels for children and adults. His most recent projects -- LUCKY and KING OF THE MOUND -- are middle-grade novels about baseball.
Nov 5, 2019 · Screenwriter Wes Tooke and director Roland Emmerich may just have cracked the code with "Midway," their epic new retelling of what's arguably the most important battle in American history.
Jul 14, 2021 · EXCLUSIVE: Wes Tooke has signed on to write MGM ’s reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair starring Michael B Jordan. Jordan is also producing via his Outlier Society banner...
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Wes Tooke is an executive producer and writer of USA Network's TV series,
Tooke was born in New York and raised in Boston. He became interested in becoming a professional writer after taking a class from John McPhee in college. He has worked as an editor, feature writer, and editorial consultant
•Ballpark Blues (Doubleday, 2003)
•An adult novel set in the world of professional baseball.
•"Tooke has a superb sense of timing.... it's a sweet, all-American story." -Chicago Tribune
•"Tooke is a writer with attitude, and that attitude is smart, witty, intelligent, and passionate. Ballpark Blues is a treat not just for baseball fans, but for lovers of good prose everywhere." -Kevin Baker
•Lucky (Simon & Schuster, 2010)
•A Junior Library Guild selection.
Wes Tooke has written for TV shows including USA Network’s drama Colony and Amazon’s comedy Jean-Claude Van Johnson. He’s also written a number of novels including Ballpark Blues, Lucky, and King Of Mound. This year, he wrote Midway, the World War 2 drama helmed by Roland Emmerich.
About (Biography) Wes was born in New York but raised in Boston, which may explain how an avid Red Sox fan could find himself publishing a book about one of the greatest years in Yankee history. Wes became interested in becoming a professional writer after taking a class from John McPhee in college.
