After enjoying all the many possibilities presented by the forced hiatus that the industry experienced as a necessary result of the WGA/SAG strikes that followed my two years working production on network and streaming TV shows as an HSM running a department charged with production continuity, I have been focusing on finishing three writing projects to go out with in the new year. One is a black comedy feature called CRUEL WORLD.  Another is a historically based true story told in a limited series in the vein of "Winning Time" meets "Vice" set in Chicago in the 80s.  THE JUDAS BOX is supernatural thriller TV series in the vein of "Sandman" meets the "X-Files". Additionally, I have begun laying out to co-write and illustrate a graphic novel/DYI book about sickness, loss and grief tentatively called WHAT REMAINS.  Naturally, its a comedy. My scripts have continued to place in competitions and in fact my pilot LOOKING GLASS is in the top 2% and my feature script SUBCITY is in the top 8% of projects on Coverfly.  This is in addition to NEWTON still honoured to remain a part of ISA's Development Slate. Originally from Chicago, I grew up in part in India going to missionary schools and living in the Himalayas.  After college on the East coast, I moved to Los Angeles.  While still in college, I had began working professionally on indie features in New York City, where I also started writing and directing plays, short films and animation.  I have worked as a writer in diverse mediums including video games, graphic novels, trailers, documentaries, political campaigns and animation.  Along the way, I have won or placed in a majority of major competitions. My original TV pilot LOOKING GLASS won the Shore TV Competition (largest in the UK and Europe), while another original pilot NEWTON won the Historical/Biopic Genre Division of the Table Read My Screenplay contest, which lead to the ISA invitation to become part of their Development Slate. I addition to these another TV pilot MIND'S took third place in Scriptapalooza’s contest. And I have been a multiple quarter and semi finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship for a number of different scripts including most recently SUBCITY, as well as being a semi finalist and multiple second rounder for different scripts in Austin and CineStory.   Additionally, I have been a finalist in Imagine's Impact accelerator/incubator program and  in the top 50 of Screencraft, ISA Fast Track and JumpStart competitions (among others).  Looking forward to all the possibilities of the new year.