I’m a storyteller. Whatever I’m writing, I like to imagine I’m at an all-night diner with friends, entertaining them with a great yarn. 

 

That goes for my novels, my newspaper stories, my TV scripts and my screenplays. The challenge is always the same: What happens next? 

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Here’s what happened first, in my writing career - I won an award in the creative writing contest at Queens College in New York City. The judges liked my short stories and named me one of the writers “showing the most promise.” 

     

The prize was $300, the first money I’d ever made without pushing a broom or a lawn mower. I was on my way.

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