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Michael Halperin was Story Editor for Universal Television and Executive Story Consultant at 20th Century-Fox. His novels include the Young Adult book “Black Wheels”, Tandem, chosen by the NEA for its prestigious African American Booklist 2005-2009, and co-author of the best-selling award-winning novel for children “Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story”, Random House. Non-fiction: “Writing Great Characters”, Lone Eagle; “Writing the Second Act”, MWP; and “Writing the Killer Treatment”, MWP. His play, “All Steps Necessary” commissioned and produced by Inkwell Theater premiered April 2006 in Los Angeles. His one-character play, “Mela”, was performed in August 2004 in Jerusalem in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Yad Vashem. His two one-act plays “Freud at Sinai” and “Poor Timing” have been produced on both the east and west coasts. Halperin’s newest play commission is “Hidden Wisdom”, four one-act plays adapted from Jewish short stories. Halperin teaches writing, broadcasting and communications in the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He holds a BA Degree in Communications from the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications and a Ph.D. in Film Studies.

Michael Halperin was Story Editor for Universal Television and Executive Story Consultant at 20th Century-Fox. His novels include the Young Adult book “Black Wheels”, Tandem, chosen by the NEA for its prestigious African American Booklist 2005-2009, and co-author of the best-selling award-winning novel for children “Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story”, Random House. Non-fiction: “Writ... More