Jess

Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in fiction in 2021 and 2016

I wrote the feature film, Murder in Fashion, about the shooting of designer Gianni Versace by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. The film played at theatres and festivals and was reviewed in the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/movies/22murder.html?_r=0

"Low budget but accurate and well constructed insight into a modern mystery" review by Richard von Lust L.

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Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in fiction in 2021 and 2016

I wrote the feature film, Murder in Fashion, about the shooting of designer Gianni Versace by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. The film played at theatres and festivals and was reviewed in the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/movies/22murder.html?_r=0

"Low budget but accurate and well constructed insight into a modern mystery" review by Richard von Lust L.A. Times __________________ The producer, Mark Boot, said: "On a personal level I really appreciate your professionalism and enthusiasm on Murder in Fashion. You have been a real joy to work with since day 1." ________________________________________ My short story, published in Cornell University's literary magazine, Epoch, is currently under option to Sony and Road Less Traveled Productions (director Brad Furman). Brad said this about me: "Thank you for inspiring me to make the best film possible, but also to lend your own story and passion to what we believe will be a groundbreaking film. A film that speaks to the youth of this generation. I love so much of what you wrote because it deeply informs the story and character we worked so hard on and I want to tell." _________________________ I collaborated with producer Don Murphy (Transformers, Natural Born Killers) on the script "Fast Fade" about the life of film noir actress Barbra Payton. The script was a quarterfinalist in the Los Angeles International Screenplay competition and semifinalist in 2020 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition and 2020 Creative World Awards . ___________________________________ I won 2nd Place in the American Gem competition and first prize in The Writers Place Competition; finalist in the Eric Hoffer fiction competition (over 2000 entries). My script, "The Dressmaker's Daughter" was a Top Ten Finalist in the Bruce Geller Screenplay Competition at American Jewish University.

My medical thriller novel, Twisted Fate, was publishd by Champagne Book Group in April 2022.

My Young Adult novel, The Dressmaker's Daughter, was published by Santa Monica Press in March 2022.

My suspense novella, The Remnant, was published in June 2020 by BTGN Press. My collection of short stories, All I Can Take of You was published by Adelaide Press in August 2020 ________________________ I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English. My writing appears in McSweeney's, Gawker, All the Sins, Close to the Bone, The Guardian, Cimarron Review, Moxy, BioStories, Shark Reef, Literary Heist, Parhelion, Crack the Spine, Writing Disorder and others.

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