Pittacus
Americannoun
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By the late 2010s, several big- and small-screen adaptions of hugely popular YA fantasy and science fiction series by Roth, Clare, Rick Yancey, and Pittacus Lore himself had bombed at the box office.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2019
The most successful of these products, 2011’s I Am Number Four, was written by Frey and Jobie Hughes under the pseudonym Pittacus Lore and was adapted by DreamWorks in 2011.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2019
Laser love... a still from the film version of Pittacus Lore's novel I Am Number Four.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2012
Frey doesn't publicly admit to penning the first book in the series; it's probably wise to let Pittacus take the rap for the movie as well.
From Time • Feb. 17, 2011
Having made use also of Pittacus in some trivial matters, not worth the mentioning, he has passed over the greatest and gallantest action that was ever done by him.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
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