Conclave” author Robert Harris isn’t staying up to watch the Oscars. The British writer of the papal thriller, which the movie with eight Academy Award nominations is based on, will be in a different time zone.

As the film of his book Conclave vies for Oscars, the author talks politics, ‘white smoke’ and why he won’t be watching the awards on Sunday

The movie asks viewers to consider the role that sexuality and gender have had in clerical life even as it falls prey to damaging tropes about both.

Author Robert Harris on 'Conclave' Success Ahead of Sunday's Oscars LONDON (AP) — “Conclave” author Robert Harris isn’t planning to stay up and watch the Oscars. The British writer will be ...