Résumé  
 

Books

Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius(DaCapo/Perseus) Co-author: Steven Roby

Stop the Show!: A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theater
(Running Press/Perseus)

What Are You Laughing At?: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories and More
(Michael Wiese Prods.)

Death in Paradise: An Illustrated History of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner
(Da Capo/Perseus)

Weird Wonders & Bizarre Blunders: The Official Book of Ridiculous Records
(Simon & Schuster)

Career Opportunities in Writing (foreword) by Jim Parish and Allan Taylor
(Facts on File)

The Cost of Living (monologue)
One on One: The Greatest Men's Monologues for the 21st  Century
(Applause)

Now Write! Screenwriting (contributor)
(Tarcher/Penguin)

Consulting

Vice President, Storytech Literary Consulting
founded by Christopher Vogler

Awards/Honors

Kingman Films KASA Award nomination for The Couch

California Writers Club for The Company Store

National Audio Theatre Festivals for The One Who Waits (NPR), adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story, directed by David Ossman, Firesign Theatre

Stages Theatre Festival, Dallas, TX for Express Lane

L.A. Press Club, National Entertainment Journalism Award for "Athol Fugard: Art Battling Apartheid and AIDS"

Fellowships

National Press Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Edward Albee Foundation, New York, NY

Dorset Colony House, Dorset Theatre Festival, VT

Television

Creator, North Mission Road
(Court TV)

21st Century L.A. Productions, Los Angeles/Jakarta:
One hour pilot Robotica
One hour pilot Rock and Roll Detectives

KCET-T.V., Los Angeles (PBS):
Writer-Producer, L.A. County Holiday Celebration
Writer-Director, Explore with Alan Muir
Writer, On-Air/Special Projects
Consultant, Broadcast Programming

Film

Jonathan Kaplan, Shufflelufigus Prods., L.A.: Director of Development

Scripts sold:

Pythagoras (Kevin Connor Prods.)
Boys at War (Kevin Connor Prods.)
Romantech (Michael Wittlin Prods.)
Our Island (Ampersand Prods.)

The Freak (NuAmerica Prods.)
Manu's Adventures (Avikoo Studios, Mexico City)

Journalism

Daily Variety

Huffington Post

AOL

L.A. Times

Back Stage

The Writer

Written By

Script

L.A. Reader

Ross Reports

Entertainment Today

Black Clock, CalArts

Radio (partial list)

Hollywood Theatre of the Ear: Writer, The Proud Robot, 2000X radio series (NPR) starring Arte Johnson (series awarded Nebula Award, Science Fiction Writers of America)

CBS Radio, Los Angeles:

Radio comedy writer, national Morning Circus service

KCRW-F.M., Santa Monica (NPR): Producer-Head Writer, Planet X News Service

Sci-Fi Radio, Ft. Worth, TX: Adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Sales Pitch (NPR)

Advertising

L.A. Gear, Los Angeles: Sole in-house copywriter: Radio, T.V., print, industrials

Euphoria Productions, Hollywood: Copywriter, radio/TV/print advertising for film

Phone Lines

Fun Lines, L.A.: Writer, national phone line Dial-an-Insult

Theatre (partial list)

Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Mill Valley, CA: Production of Pearl, Workshops with Sam Shepard, Joseph Chaikin, others

Theatre of Note, Los Angeles: Co-founder, productions of Sunshine Sermonette, others

Playwrights' Center of San Francisco: Co-founder, numerous productions

STAGES Theatre Festival, Dallas: Production of Express Lane

Member, Playwrights-Directors Unit, Actors Studio, Los Angeles

Teaching

MediaBistro.com (http://www.mediabistro.com)

American Film Institute: Story Analysis and Creating Characters for T.V./Film

Panamerican University, Mexico City: Screenwriting

Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, CA: Animation writing

Gotham Writers Workshop, New York City: Humor Writing

Columbia College of Chicago, CBS Studio Center, Studio City: Screenwriting

Pikes Peak Writers' Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Surrey International Writers' Conference, British Columbia, Canada

Whidbey Island Writers Conference, Washington

Screenwriters Expo, Los Angeles

UCLA Extension Writers' Program: Writing Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction (Beginning and Intermediate)

California Institute for the Arts: Animation Writing Seminar

Masters of Professional Writing Program, USC: TV Writing Seminar

Santa Monica College: Playwriting and Story Analysis

Desert Dreams Writers Conference, Scottsdale 

Great American Pitchfest, Los Angeles

Poetry

New Rhymes About Animals (Simon & Schuster)

New Adventures of Mother Goose (Simon & Schuster)