James Franco is an acclaimed actor, director, artist, and writer. His film appearances include 127 Hours, Milk, Pineapple Express, Oz the Great and Powerful, Spring Breakers, and the Spider-Man trilogy. Franco has written and directed several films, and his visual art has been featured in solo shows in Los Angeles and New York. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, McSweeney’s, and other publications. Franco has an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College.

Books by James Franco

Palo Alto: Stories

by James Franco - Fiction, Short Stories

James Franco’s story collection traces the lives of a group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism.

Actors Anonymous

by James Franco - Movies

James Franco's debut novel is a dark, genre-bending work that mixes memoir and pure invention --- an audacious, obsessive examination of the addictions of celebrity, acting, and the making of fictions.