On Friday, Cara Buckley, a k a the Carpetbagger, will be sitting down with the best-selling writers Gillian Flynn, who penned the novel and screen version of “Gone Girl,” and Cheryl Strayed, author of the memoir “Wild.”
Both tales centered on fierce, steely – and in one case arguably sociopathic – women, and both were made into big buzz films.
“Gone Girl,” a story of marital dystopia directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, boomed at the box office, earning $244 million globally so far. Expectations are also high for “Wild,” (set for a Dec. 5 release), which stars Reese Witherspoon as Ms. Strayed, embarking on a soul-saving 1,100-mile trek. Ms. Witherspoon produced both films as part of her recent effort to create better roles for women in film.
So Times readers, and fans of the book or books: What would you ask Ms. Flynn and/or Ms. Strayed? Post a comment or tweet @caraNYT
Excerpts from Ms. Buckley’s roundtable with both writers will be published later next month.