Alison Byrne Fields

Director John Hughes, who passed away Thursday at age 59 , made a big impact on those of us who grew up watching his films and crushing on his characters . But he made an even bigger impact on Alison Byrne Fields: he was her pen pal. As she recounts on her blog, We’ll Know When We Get There , Fields and Hughes sent letters back and forth between 1985 and 1987, after Alison poured her heart out to Hughes praising The Breakfast Club . Initially, she got a form letter back and wrote Hughes again...Read Full Story

‘Sincerely, John Hughes’ (a fitting tribute from former teenage fan and pen pal Alison Byrne Fields. Warning: you will get choked up reading this. Also MTV’s Kurt Loder reflects on Hughes’ legacy) (We’ll Know When We Get There) (MTV News) - Pangea survey asks tweens what’s “cool” (social networking ads aren’t, but Converse [...]Read Full Story

Alison Byrne Fields (facebook.com) After learning about the death of John Hughes, Alison Byrne Fields took to her blog, describing the two-year-long correspondence she had with the writer and director.It's since been passed around and written about at nearly every outlet out there.An exceprt from Fields' blog: For two years (1985-1987), John Hughes and I wrote letters back and forth. He told me - in long hand black felt tip pen on yellow legal paper - about life on a film set and about his...Read Full Story

When she was 15, Alison Byrne Fields became pen pals with director John Hughes. Being friends with a Hollywood bigwig was exciting, but in the wake of Hughes' death at 59, Fields says it was the man behind the movies who moved her. More: continued hereRead Full Story

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