Growing up in suburban Ardsley, New York, Jane Schoenbrun was drawn to director Wes Craven’s Scream franchise. They found comfort in the meta horror films: The murdery movies’ world felt like a warm place to hide.
A nerd for story structure and narrative from a young age, Schoenbrun started posting screenplays and fanfiction on a Scream message board when they were 13. That’s where Schoenbrun met someone with the AOL screen name WAJ. The two began commenting back and forth about stories via AOL Instant Messenger.
