Vaughn RosteCanadian by birth, Vaughn Roste currently lives in Chicago. He is a published author of books, plays, poems, peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, program notes for CD liners and Carnegie Hall, and a doctoral dissertation. His first book, The Xenophoe's Guide to the Canadians, was published by Oval Books in England. He has two WWII films currently in pre-production, "Oradour" and "The Nine Lives of Walker Harris." His 20-min short film "Firefighter" was produced by M3 Studios and is available on You Tube, and another script entitled "Worst. Film. Ever." was purchased by Milepost42 Studios. His stage play, "The Name of The Game" won the Leo Award for Best Overall Script at the 2021 Da Vinci International Film Festival for Best Overall Script, beating out features and shorts - the first time a play has been awarded this prize. He is represented by Jason Bellitto at Citizen Skull. An optioned, represented, and produced screenwriter, Vaughn specializes in telling true stories from history with which the world should be more familiar. He is also a recovering academic, a self-confessed grammar Nazi, and has a reputation as a formatting guru.He has won over 100 screenplay awards to date. Read More Read Less