Screenwriters to interview

Haris Orkin is an author, playwright, screenwriter, and game writer. His play Dada premiered at The La Jolla Playhouse. A Saintly Switch was directed by Peter Bogdanovich for Disney. He has written screenplays for Universal, Sony, Fox, and Paramount. His video games have been nominated for the WGA Award and the BAFTA. His James Flynn Thriller series is published by Black Rose Writing and is available on Amazon. The fourth book in the series, License to Die, was released in July.

Chris Halvorson grew up in the Pacific Northwest. In fifth grade, he skipped a day of school to attend the Seattle Sonics championship parade. After dreaming of playing in the NBA himself, he soon realized he was too short and slow, so he followed his passion for books to become an author. He majored in Professional Writing at the University of North Alabama and received an MFA in Film Writing at Columbia University in the City of New York. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he’s adapting Kaitlyn’s Wheel for a television series.

John Winn Miller is an award-winning investigative reporter (Pulitzer finalist), foreign correspondent, editor, newspaper publisher, screenwriter, movie producer, and novelist. His debut novel, "The Hunt for the Peggy C: A World War II Maritime Thriller," has won numerous awards including Clive Cussler Adventure Writers semi-finalist, CIBA Hemingway Book Award shortlist, Military Writers Society of American historical fiction finalist, a gold medal from Literary Titans and it is an Editor's Pick for Booklife at Publishers Weekly. The Lexington, Ky., native was a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press and Wall Street Journal/Europe based in Rome, Italy; a reporter and editor at the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader; executive editor of the Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.) and the Tallahassee Democrat; and was publisher of The Olympian in Olympia, WA., and The Concord (N.H.) Monitor. He also helped produce four independent feature films: “Hitting the Cycle” with Bruce Dern; “Armed Response”; “Ghost in the Family;” and “Band of Robbers,” written and directed by Adam and Aaron Nee. That movie so impressed Sandra Bullock that she hired the brothers to write and direct her hit movie "The Lost City." He also served on the Associated Press board of directors and was twice a Pulitzer Prize judge. Miller and his wife Margo live in Lexington. Their daughter Allison Miller is an actress-screenwriter-director currently starring on the ABC series “A Million Little Things.”

Richard Wickliffe led SIU (Special Investigation Unit) teams for over twenty years for the largest property insurer in the U.S., investigating a variety of insurance crimes. The cases resulted to countless arrests, international media attention and favorable case law. Richard's published articles have included Eurasian "Russian" organized crime, human smuggling and emerging cybercrimes. He is a frequent speaker about fraud trends at national conferences including the FBI’s InfraGard Counterterrorism conferences, where he was awarded the FBI’s Exceptional Service in the Public Interest Award. Richard’s unique cases also inspired his published crime thrillers. His novel Storm Crashers won Best Popular Fiction at the Florida Book Awards. The story, about high-tech burglars who target wealthy areas evacuated for hurricanes, was also optioned by Twentieth Century Fox. Richard resides in South Florida with his family.

Reenita Malhotra Hora is an award-winning screenwriter, novelist and audio producer. Based partly in San Francisco and partly in Los Angeles, her experiences are akin to 'Bhel Puri,' the street food of Mumbai, her native place — a delectable mix of tastes (and preferences), meshed together with a bug or two for good measure. Passionate about storytelling the Indian narrative, Reenita writes characters and themes that reflect the South Asian experience whether set in South Asia or in the Western world. As a writer she has contributed to Reuters, South China Morning Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, Times of India, Rolling Stone, National Geographic Kids, Cartoon Network Asia, Disney and more. As an on-air news reporter, writer, and producer, she has contributed to Bloomberg, RTHK Radio 3, Monocle Radio and the BBC. She has two active podcasts - 'Shadow Realm' (narrative fantasy fiction) and the 'True Fiction Project' (unscripted to scripted). Her female-driven comedy, 'Operation Mom' is a Santa Barbara Screenplay Awards winner, a Chanticleer International Book Awards GrandPrize winner and an Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize winner. Her YA fantasy screenplay, ‘Shadow Realm’ is a Script2Comic and Launchpad Prose finalist, a Screencraft quarterfinalist, and a selected nominee for the New Media Film Festival. She is a limited partner in the How Women Invest fund which specifically invests in women owned companies. She is working on her next novel and has recently launched Chapter by episode, a digital publishing platform for immersive chat fiction stories with diverse themes. More about her projects can be found at: http://www.reenita.com.

Brian Fitzpatrick is a bestselling author, produced screenwriter, builder of worlds, and lover of coffee. He began his writer life at the age of seven after accidentally watching the horror classic, Night of the Living Dead. After a week of sleepless nights, he grew obsessed with idea that he could be so scared, yet be perfectly safe. It was the catalyst for a life-altering decision. When not writing, Fitzpatrick enjoys giving back with author marketing videos and networking at events. He also enjoys cooking and investigating the paranormal with his wife and their team.

The Static Web Site’s first episode was on January 1, 1999, in a vain attempt to make the world hear the off-kilter and sophomoric ramblings of Miles Tidal and Bob LeMent. Now 24 years and counting they continue their weekly stream-of-consciousness dialogues. As you may have discerned from listening, we do no preparation or use any manners or decorum to provide a fully improvised piece of comedy. Enjoy.

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