James Riley (writer) from Los Angeles, California to Alexandria, Virginia. James Riley's first published novel, "Half Upon a Time", was released on September 7, 2010. It is a fantasy novel centered around a boy named Jack, the fictional son of the main character from the children's story "Jack and the Beanstalk", and a girl named May who is from our nonfictional world. The novel incorporates plot points from various Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White". This is Riley's first story centered around the idea that the fictional and nonfictional worlds are connected, a common theme
DysEnchanted is little known, released in 2004. DysEnchanted DysEnchanted is a short subject about seven storybook characters: Cinderella, Snow White, Goldilocks, Sleeping Beauty, Alice In Wonderland, Dorothy and Little Red Riding Hood. They are in group therapy dishing and dealing with what comes after "happily ever after". When Clara, a New Jersey divorcee, joins the group she discovers that life is no fairy tale. Written and directed by Terri Miller, "DysEnchanted" is only eight minutes long (six, without credits). It was shot in Culver City, California over two ten-hours days. It was originally supposed to be longer, but was slimmed down