worked as head writer on two multi-award-winning television series (Lifestyle Magazine, The Evidence), sold or was hired to write three screenplays, wrote seven produced stage plays, one of which (Token) won the Judge's Choice Award in the Edward Albee International Playwriting Competition, and wrote a published children's book called De'Monte Love (Visikid Books).  He produced more than thirty stage plays and events, including an event for the Pan American Youth Congress at the Mexico City Sports Palace and one for a World Congress of Seventh-day Adventists at the New Orleans Superdome.  He worked as an expert consultant in writing for the Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C. and as a classical announcer for WGTS-fm in Washington D.C. and NPR member station WAUS-fm in southwestern Michigan.  He studied advanced screenwriting at UCLA, got an MFA in playwriting at The Catholic University of America, and an MA in religion at Andrews University.  Born in Niles, Michigan, his first story was published in GUIDE magazine when he was 11 years old.  He's a member of the Writers Guild, the Dramatist's Guild, the Television Academy, and, ahem, MENSA.