David Kranes is the writer of two volumes of short stories and seven novels—most recently, Making The Ghost Dance (2005). His 2001 novel, The National Tree, was made into a film—first aired on the Hallmark channel in November, 2009. His short fiction (appearing in such magazines as Esquire, Ploughshares, Transatlantic Review) has won literary prizes and has been anthologized. As playwright: over 40 of his plays have been performed in New York and across the U.S. (in theaters such as The Actors’ Theater of Louisville, The Mark Taper Forum, Manhattan Theater Club, Cincinatti’s Playhouse in the Park). A volume of his Selected Plays will be published this coming August. His radio plays have been performed in the U.S., Canada and abroad. He has written for film and for dance companies and is currently involved in shaping a mixed-media (stand-up comedy and dance) piece for Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. The opera, Orpheus Lex, for which he wrote the libretto, was performed at New York City’s Symphony Space in February of 2010. He is currently working on a novel and a commissioned play. In his second (or is it third?) life, Mr. Kranes, travels and consults in the casino industry. davidkranes.com