About the Author
About the Author
Billy Ray is one of modern Hollywood's preeminent screenwriters and the author of Burn the Water. He wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Captain Phillips, for which he won the Writers Guild of America Award. Ray's films as writer, co-writer, or writer-director include The Hunger Games, Richard Jewell, Shattered Glass, Showtime's The Comey Rule, and the forthcoming Sunrise on the Reaping. Billy lives in Los Angeles. He believes in democracy, justice, his children, and the Dodgers.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Praise for Burn the Water:
"...Ray deftly examines the brutality of war across an evocatively depicted vision of a future drowned metropolis." -- Publishers Weekly
"Ray builds a grim, brutal world on the bones of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet... allowing the characters here enough depth and distinction to make this a unique endeavor." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Scholastic Press
Pub date:
2026-03-03
Length:
368 pages
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