Andrus also wrote the original scripts Life as a House and Georgia Rule and the adaptation of Divine Secrets of the Ya - Ya Sisterhood .
Georgia Rule won him and director Garry Marshall the Entertainment Industries Council PRISM Award for Best Feature Film .
Andrus also wrote the original scripts Life as a House and Georgia Rule , which won him and director Garry Marshall the Entertainment Industries Council PRISM Award for Best Feature Film , and the adaptation of Divine Secrets of the Ya - Ya Sisterhood .