![]() ![]() Segel suffered from night terrors as a child, and in these episodes, he dreamed a witch was trying to eat his toes. Its inspiration runs deeper into his past, however. Segel said Nightmares! was adapted from the first script he wrote after the series Freaks and Geeks was cancelled in 2000. ![]() Segel spent much of his very funny Saturday morning talk at Midwinter, part of the ALA Auditorium Speaker Series, discussing the book, its inspiration, and themes-as well as his love of books and horror movies, future projects, and more. Nightmares! follows a young boy named Charlie as he battles the witches, goblins, and more that inhabit his nighttime dreamworld. Segel is the co-author with writer Kirsten Miller of Nightmares!, the first entry in a new book series for kids. Another pursuit brought Segel to the 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Chicago: author. ![]() ![]() Actor and screenwriter Jason Segel is known for his comedic work on the small and big screen as the star of the long-running television show How I Met Your Mother and cult fave Freaks and Geeks, and hit films Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Muppets. ![]()
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