Hollywood film & TV writer RJ Stewart- Explores the story of women and violence, why so prevalent in pop culture? (guest pitch)

Known For Developing & Writing Ground-Breaking

TV Hit, Xena: Warrior Princess, R.J. Stewart Pens Debut Dystopian,

Post-Apocalyptic Thriller About

A Fierce Woman On A Rescue-&-Revenge Mission

“A riveting futuristic tale of global ruin and rescue...In this post-apocalyptic tale, a fierce woman sets out to rescue her kidnapped sister and exact revenge …Stewart constructs a chilling, barren world and suspensefully chronicles Deirdre’s mission…This is a thoroughly absorbing book, one filled with thrilling action and psychologically subtle character portrayal."

-Kirkus Reviews
 

"The world had been crying out for a sexy-tough chick to come in and straighten it all out. R.J. Stewart wrote for Xena as he would write for a man: She was flawed and sometimes struggled to do the right thing, but she ultimately always made the right choice. I still see bumper stickers: WHAT WOULD XENA DO?”

-Lucy Lawless, Star of Xena: Warrior Princess
 

In this post-apocalyptic, dystopian thriller, Crazy Hawk, set 100 years into the future, author R.J. Stewart makes an explosive debut as a novelist. He is not new to writing, however. His 22-year Hollywood writing career, punctuated by his work for the ground-breaking television show, Xena: Warrior Princess, includes collaborating with multi-generational talent such as Kevin Costner, James Garner, Charlie Sheen and Pierce Brosnan.

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“After two decades writing in Hollywood, I took two decades off,” says Stewart. “But even as the world has changed over time, the qualities and virtues that inspire us, particularly resiliency, have not changed and I think my novel reflects that spirit.”

Crazy Hawk is about a resilient and fierce woman, Deirdre, seeking to save her kidnapped sister while seeking revenge amidst a global landscape in ruin.

Deirdre lives for one purpose: to get her sister back.  If she needs to kill the kidnappers, no problem. She’s good at that. Riding her one-eyed Soul Horse, Danny, she relentlessly pursues the kidnappers through an America wrecked by the Great Virus, endless civil war and a collapse of the global order called the Breakdown. She’s forced by circumstances to ally with a nomadic photographer. His gentle decency moves her to the core, but her mission leads her away from the man she’s falling in love with and toward a confrontation with the people who hold her sister. To defeat them, she’ll need the help of the powerful Nations, a league of indigenous tribes. But there’s a problem. The Nations consider Deirdre a deadly enemy. They've even given her a nickname that signifies their grudging respect for this ferocious adversary: Crazy Hawk.

“America at times feels like it is at a breaking point, or at least at a moment where it is divided and tested,” notes Stewart. “I address those fears and passions when drawing the world in this book. The future is not yet determined, but for some, it can seem a dark, violent place.”