Press Release from DDA Public Relations
LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 14TH 2010: Told entirely via email, THE LA TEAM is a novel based on Sall and Emma’s friendship and experiences living in LA and the men they encounter along the way. THE LA TEAM is an honest and hilarious journey of navigating love, sex and achieving your dreams in the City Of Angels, told from the perspective of the ages of 25 and 35 respectively. The characters are real and the experiences covered prompt every emotion from out-loud-laughter to moments that will have readers cringing in public. From torrid and embarrassing sexual encounters to shared moments of achievement and joy, THE LA TEAM is a story of friendship and one that everyone can relate to and will undoubtedly fill a void on peoples bookshelves and in their DVR's.
Sall Grover and Emma Jensen are an Australian writing duo based in Los Angeles. Their friendship turned to collaboration when they wrote their first novel THE LA TEAM in two weeks. Less than two months later, Sall and Emma achieved “the LA dream” and were signed to premier talent agency William Morris Endeavor and the manuscript optioned by UK/US production company powerhouse Working Title (Notting Hill, Love Actually, Billy Elliott) for a TV series adaptation.
Sall is from the Gold Coast and spent the past six years completing three university degrees. She has worked as a freelance entertainment journalist in both Australia and London. Although she has been writing “since she was a fetus”, THE LA TEAM is her first novel.
Emma originally from Brisbane, was formerly a Sydney based script consultant who worked in both London and Sydney for companies such as FilmFour and Mushroom Pictures. Through her collaboration with Sall, she has segued from “saving the world one script at a time” into writing and THE LA TEAM is her first novel.
In addition to developing the TV series, Sall and Emma are currently working on the sequel to the THE LA TEAM, while writing their daily blog www.thelateamonline.com and are also developing a number of feature films.