John Searles wrote the book Strange But True in 2004 — and now it's been made into a film starring Greg Kinnear and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood breakout Margaret Qualley Two summers ago ...

PW met with John Searles, author of Strange but True and senior book editor at Cosmopolitan, at BEA in Chicago. How has having written two novels [Boy Still Missing, Searles's first, was published ...

Fortunately, "Strange But True" delivers on the promise of this tried and true trope, and from the moment Philip Chase (Ronnie's brother) picks up the phone, I felt powerless to put this book down.

The book is narrated through an agony aunt who answers queries from organisms including green spoon worms, hyenas and slime moulds on their concerns about the behaviour of their lovers.