Max Adams is an author and screenwriter. Winner of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an Austin Film Festival screenwriting award early in her career, Max went on to be dubbed "Red Hot Adams" by Daily Variety and has worked with Columbia Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, and Tri-Star Pictures. Max is the founder of two international online screenwriting workshops, The Left Door and 5150, is the author of The New Screenwriter's Survival Guide, is a University of Utah adjunct professor, is a former WGA online mentor, and is the CEO of The Academy of Film Writing. Her produced feature films include Excess Baggage, The Ladykillers, and One For the Money.