Gigi Levangie is the original screenwriter of Stepmom, which was made into the Columbia Tristar movie starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. The feature film rights for Maneater have already been sold to Mandalay Entertainment and will go into production in 2003. Her previous book, Rescue Me, is currently being developed into a film at Fox Searchlight. Gigi lives in Pacific Palisades, California with her husband, producer Brian Grazer, and their three children.