Featuring Florida: The Sunshine State in Fiction, Film & TV

Author Caren Schnur Neile offers a whole new way to explore Florida.

Dexter, Key Largo, The Yearling--all famous works of popular culture created by masters in their fields. What’s more, all three take place in Florida. This plunge into Florida-based TV, movies and fiction from the nineteenth century to the present both entertains and educates about the Sunshine State and the stories themselves. Did you know who producers originally wanted to star in Bad Boys or which product saw skyrocketing sales thanks to Miami Vice?

Florida enthusiasts will also find a good, long list of enticing shows and books to enjoy, from old favorites like Their Eyes Were Watching God, Scarface and The Golden Girls to newer masterpieces like The Florida Project and Moonlight.

Caren S. Neile, PhD, MFA, is a performance storyteller and author who has taught storytelling studies at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton for twenty-five years. A former Fulbright senior specialist, Dr. Neile has presented in thirteen states and seven countries. She has published numerous articles and book chapters, as well as six books. She is also the former chair of the National Storytelling Network and a cofounder of the international academic journal Storytelling, Self, Society, and she appears regularly on Miami public radio WLRN’s Public Storyteller podcast, which she coproduces.