USC Scripter Award Nominees

• Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne – screenwriters, and Henry James – author of the novel of the same name (What Maisie Knew)
• Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – screenwriters, and Martin Sixsmith – author of The Lost Child of Philomena Lee (Philomena)
• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – screenwriters, and Tim Tharp – author of the novel of the same name (The Spectacular Now)
• Billy Ray – screenwriter, and Richard Phillips and Stephen Talty – authors of A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea (Captain Phillips)
• John Ridley – screenwriter, and Solomon Northup – author of Twelve Years a Slave (12 Years a Slave)

(thanks to Paddy, at ScreenOnScreen)