BIO
I spent ten years writing and producing feature films in New York City. Screenwriting credits include, Specimen (starring Mark Paul Gosselaar), Prisoner of Love (starring Naomi Campbell and Eric Thal), and Hypercube, the sequel to the cult hit, Cube. After writing a script for legendary Canadian film producer, John Dunning, I was recruited to launch the U.S. arm of his production company, Cinepix. My background in low budget indie filmmaking was instrumental in “getting the money on the screen” to make one million dollar films look like ten million dollars in the burgeoning indie market of the time. Within three years, my colleague Mike Paseornek and I grew Cinepix into what is now Lionsgate Films. While there I produced American Psycho, Buffalo ’66, and many others. In addition to screenwriting, I’ve written five novels and three children’s books, which have been published in over a dozen countries worldwide and optioned by several different production companies. I’ve also written and directed four award-winning short films, one of which—a satire of the recent British election—went viral on TikTok. An adoptive mother, I frequently write about adoption and other non-traditional families.