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< Back Shaene M. Siders writer@DragonUnderGlass.com http://www.DragonUnderGlass.com Shaene Siders is an IBM-certified computer geek and an award-winning action, science fiction, and fantasy writer. Never read her scripts without a helmet! Her work has reached from the deepest seas (THE OCTONAUTS) to the farthest stars (NASA). A Humanitas Prize nominee, Shaene is a writer of fine explosions who geeks out over swords, sorcery, and superheroes. She recently finished as a staff writer on Cartoon Network’s Young Adult anime series INVINCIBLE FIGHT GIRL and she wrapped 5 seasons as Co-Creator, Head Writer, and Executive Producer for HELLO KITTY AND FRIENDS SUPERCUTE ADVENTURES. (Her show had more explosions than you might think!) You’ll also see her work on MARVEL'S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, DC SUPER HERO GIRLS, the Emmy-Award-winning NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT, and LEGO MONKIE KID. Shaene is open to projects with impact. Heartwarming, heart-pounding, or fists-in-face impact. Honors & Awards Finalist Nominee for The Humanitas Prize, Humanitas - NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT, "The Automatron" - 2020 non-WGA Female, Disabled INNER DEMONS (Supernatural action thriller - Similar to CONSTANTINE or BLADE) In a mental hospital for the possessed, demons torment Dr. Brinkman's patients. Her cure? Invade Hell. With the help of a mysterious, battle-scarred angel, she fights the unrelenting archdemon Belthadar to stop him from unleashing his wrath on Earth. Character-driven, Science, Thriller, Procedural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation, Magical Realism Female, Disabled Unrepped

< Back Lindsay Stidham linzstid@gmail.com IMDB Lindsay holds an MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute and teaches screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and Cal State Long Beach. She has overseen two screenplays from script to screen as writer/ producer: SPOONER starring Matthew Lillard (SLAMDANCE) and DOUCHEBAG (SUNDANCE) both released theatrically. Lindsay is currently working on a feature set in LA’s birthplace of punk- Chinatown in the late 1970s PUNKS NEVER DIE (a recent Sundance Producing Lab semi-finalist with attached director Tessa Blake.) Lindsay is also attached to direct her unique buddy comedy BITS AND PIECES with Neon Heart Productions who produced the groundbreaking SHIVA BABY. Lindsay loves collaboration and would love to hear from you! Honors & Awards Final Draft Big Break -Quarterfinalist - COUPLE WORLD - 2025 Nicholl Fellowship - Quarterfinalist - A REAL PAIR - 2024 WGA Associate Member Female COUPLE WORLD Sci-fi rom com On the eve of her 30th birthday Ana gets dumped and discovers she will turn invisi-single in exactly 14 days if she can't find a suitable mate. Ana dives head first into a wild dating journey to remember her self-worth, and find an authentic connection in the heightened world of "too late." A REAL PAIR AIR meets MINX with a side of FIGHT CLUB In the wake of bra burning, Miss America protests, and the legalization of birth control, the inventor of the sports bra is dominated by the opinions of her sentient breasts throughout her incredible journey that would change the world of sports, and the very idea of women's freedom forever. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Bittersweet Female unrepped

< Back Adrienne Thorne IMDb Adrienne Thorne is from middle-of-nowhere farm-country in Washington state, where she spent her childhood writing stories in between driving tractors and competing in county fair 4-H contests. In the years since then, Adrienne earned an MBA in film producing and has had a feature script produced. She has also sold a spec to an indie company, and she recently optioned an original YA dramedy feature. Adrienne has placed in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship multiple times, in addition to placements in ScreenCraft and Network ISA contests. Having been happily married to her former high school boyfriend for twelve years, Adrienne writes through the lens of the transforming power of both romantic and familial love. When she’s not writing, Adrienne is busy navigating through the non-stop adventure of life with the autistic and other neurodiverse traits that she and most of her five children live with. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship, STUDS - 2020 Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship, STONES - 2022 Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Contest - CAULIFLOWER QUEEN 2024 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female, Disabled BULLSH!T Action-Comedy - a lighter COCAINE BEAR meets the country feel of TWISTERS A screwup ranch-hand and his hapless buddies work in real time to catch the raging bull he accidentally let out, before it wreaks havoc on their small town and his blunder is discovered by his fed-up boss and his newly-pregnant, long-suffering girlfriend. CAULIFLOWER QUEEN Animated family comedy - CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS meets THE PRINCESS DIARIES An idealistic teenage beauty queen fights against an unscrupulous potato chip company mogul who wants to pave her town’s beloved farmland, while she unknowingly falls for his son. STONES Coming-of-age dramedy - LADY BIRD meets QUIZ LADY An impetuous teenage farm girl seeks freedom from her all-male household on a trip to a national dairy knowledge bowl competition, despite her overbearing brother coming along as chaperone. Character-driven, Western, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, YA, Animation, Snarky Female, Disabled unrepped

< Back Aminah Hughes sheherself@aminah.com.au http://www.aminah.com.au/film Aminah grew up in Western Australia and spent eight years as a travelling creative in Europe before immigrating to the US. Her father was a journalist and conman who once interviewed Muhammad Ali. Her mother was a theatre actress, who chose not to raise her in the theatre, much to Aminah’s disappointment. She spent her youth as a classical flautist, poet, DJ, theatre actor and film reviewer before becoming a roots musician, music journalist, photographer and filmmaker. Her day jobs have included stints serving Justices at the Supreme Court library, as the Attorney General's research assistant at the Department of Justice, and as a covert writer of witness statements, working alongside state and federal police. The theme at the heart of her writing, from poetry to screenplays, is trauma recovery. In 2020, Aminah was accepted as a member of the Australian Directors Guild and in 2021, she moved to Los Angeles, where she has worked on features for Warner Bros, Universal, Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures and Netflix, as a Scripting Editor in dubbing. Hailed by Musical Notes Global (New York) as “a true Renaissance woman” she has won local and international awards as a screenwriter, director, songwriter and musician. Aminah appears on fourteen albums and has recorded vocals on various productions, including highly anticipated game, Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, based on the popular NBCUniversal Television Series. Honors and Awards Cinequest Screenwriting Competition , Current Semifinalist - WE CAN NEVER GO BACK - 2023-2024 (co-write with Dylan Kussman) Austin Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition , Semifinalist - THE RUBICON - 2019 ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Contest, Winner - THE RUBICON - 2018 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE INSIDE OF A SHELL Feature drama/magic realism After a troubling death, an aspiring artist must grapple with intrusive dissociative experiences in order to confront the trauma of her abusive past. WE CAN NEVER GO BACK Short drama In a cabin on the high desert, two desperate men seek refuge from a viral mass-extinction event. Forced to navigate their diametrically opposed plans for survival, they must overcome a lurking threat of violence if they are to emerge from the crisis with their humanity intact. THE RUBICON Short drama/magic realism An independent woman comes to the realization that she is in an abusive relationship, betokened by a ballerina in a painting. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Bittersweet, Magical Realism Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Kim Turner redharecreatives@gmail.com 850-543-7559 http://www.themightykim.com Coverfly The Black List Kim Turner is a professional screenwriter and has performed in improvisational and sketch comedy for over 25 years. She was in the nation's first all-female improv team, "Big Purse", in 1992. She complemented this work with an Associates Degree in Theater from Palm Beach State College. Kim attended the Second City Training Program in Chicago - completing both the writing and improvisation programs and being accepted (on the first attempt) to its exclusive Conservatory Program. Additionally, she completed the writing program at iO (formerly Improv Olympic) and worked with the Annoyance Theater (Chicago). Following her experience in Chicago, Kim was selected as one of twelve screenwriters for the inaugural Meryl Streep Writers Lab in 2015 (and only comedy!). Kim has quartered, semifinaled or finaled at the Austin Film Festival, the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, Stowe Story Labs (Tangerine Fellowship), Final Draft/Big Break and many others. Kim makes tremendous chocolate chip cookies and reads stories aloud in unique voices. She has a comprehensive knowledge of 80s trivia, Star Trek lore and can recite much of the dialogue from the animated Hobbit and Raising Arizona. Honors & Awards Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Winner YMH Comedy Fellowship - Chasing Shadows (with Tony Ferrendelli) - 2024 The Writers Lab supported by Meryl Streep - (Comedy Feature) - Winner - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2015 (Inaugural year) Austin Film Festival (Comedy Feature) - Semifinalist - Christy's Got Cancer! - 2020 non-WGA Female, Over 50 CHASING SHADOWS (with Tony Ferrendelli) A coming-of-middle-age story about a couple who separates just shy of their 25th anniversary and must figure out if being alone is better than feeling alone in a relationship. Marriage is not for the faint of heart. MEDICINE SHOW (Half-hour Western Comedy - 30 Rock meets Blazing Saddles) A glorified confidence man finds himself in desperate need of help when he is discovered half-dead in the desert by a First Nations woman and a traveler looking to settle in the Old West. CHRISTY'S GOT CANCER! (Comedy Feature - Think Little Miss Sunshine meets The Big Sick) When Kate’s hypochondriac, maelstrom of a self-involved mother gets the kind of news no one (but she) wants, Kate must marshal her family’s collective dysfunctional superpowers to come up with a care plan and resolve their relationship in time. Character-driven, Sketch, Satire, Late Night, Magical Realism, Bittersweet, Dark, Fantasy Female, Over 50 unrepped

< Back Julia Bergeron julia.bergeron@gmail.com http://www.juliabergeron.com Julia is an LA-based multi-hyphenate creative and storyteller. She gravitates to stories about underestimated heroes and the question: What would you do for family? As a mom to both a biological and adopted child, she defines “family” as traditional, adoptive, step, and found. Her feature screenplay Austen Time has an A-list star attached and Phil Traill (Chalet Girl, Modern Family, The Last Man on Earth) is set to direct. Her WW2 female-led drama Across Enemy Lines is currently being shopped by producer-director Natalie Simpkins (Father’s Day Breakfast with Troy Kotsur, The Token Groomsman with Andie MacDowell, Sarah Hyland, Taylor Lautner) and Pavel Edelman (The Pianist, Oliver Twist, Lee) set to DP. Meanwhile her horror feature Murder Van (starring Rachel Alig and Chad Ridgely) is in post-production. Her screenplays have earned repeated top placements at the Writers Lab, Austin Film Festival, Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, Stowe Story Lab and others. In music, she’s created 3D video story projections for artists including Rihanna, Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, Eminem, Pharrell Williams, Lana Del Rey, and Blue Man Group. In branding, she’s led campaigns for Tiffany, Cirque du Soleil, Ritz-Carlton, Porsche, and more. Honors & Awards Finalist, Historical Film, Page Awards, ACROSS ENEMY LINES , 2025 Finalist, Stowe Story Labs Programs and Fellowships Application Tangerine Entertainment - AUSTEN TIME - 2023 Runner-up, Script Pipeline - First Look Project - CHARLOTTE D'ARTAGNA - 2023 Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Female AUSTEN TIME Feature, Rom-Com - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE meets BACK TO THE FUTURE When Jane Austen is transported to the present-day, she dives into modern life, even falling in love. But when her books begin to vanish, she must somehow return to her time to prevent her legacy, and that of all the women writers she influenced, from disappearing forever. ACROSS ENEMY LINES Feature - WW2 Female-led drama - BEHIND ENEMY LINES with women In winter 1943, a closed-off WWII nurse and her team are shot down over Nazi-occupied Albania. To complete a mission that could save thousands, they must escape across the treacherous Accursed Mountains with the uneasy help of a rebel leader hiding his own agenda. CHARLOTTE D’ARTAGNA Action Comedy - THE THREE MUSKETEERS + BACK TO THE FUTURE High school loner and fencing champ, Charlotte D’Artagna, and two other teens are flung back in time to 1625 Paris, where life sucks big time. To get home, they must band together to save the Queen and prevent a war. It’s all for one and one for all – without wifi. Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, YA, Dark, Snarky Female unrepped

< Back Diana Romero dianaromerowriter@gmail.com One Moorer Productions - James Moorer http://www.dianaromero.net After initially supporting at-risk youth in Hollywood as a social worker, Diana embarked on a journey of writing and producing film and television. Her firsthand encounters with incarcerated, runaway, and homeless adolescents fueled her passion for social justice. This commitment, coupled with her expertise in writing and production, led her to create the award-winning film Niña Quebrada, which dives into the realities of sex trafficking. Despite finding herself reliant on a wheelchair in 2018, Diana remained committed to her pursuit of creative expression. Transitioning into TV writing, she contributed to projects like CW’s 4400 and Freeform’s Good Trouble. She also wrote episodes of the web series, My Life is Worth Living. With a BA in social work from Whittier College and an MFA from the American Film Institute, Diana's approach is evident in her work. She has garnered acclaim through various fellowships, including the PGA's Power of Diversity Master Workshop and as a semi-finalist in the highly competitive Disney Writing Program, demonstrating her commitment to inclusivity and empowerment. Currently, Diana has written a solo show based on her experiences as a 1st generation American born in Kansas. The show will debut in 2025. Beyond her career, Diana finds joy in swimming, comedy, and playing with her dogs. Honors & Awards Best Theatrical Short nominee, Imagen Awards 2008 - Niña Quebrada Special Mention, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2009 - Niña Quebrada Graduate/Fellow, PGA Power of Diversity Master Workshop 2019 non-WGA Female, Latinx, Disabled, 40+ BLOOD TIES (Detective Procedural) A wheelchair using detective and her charismatic detective step-brother with a turbulent past, tackle an international manhunt, pursuing an elusive murder suspect with no name. As they unravel complex cases, personal demons surface, testing bonds and redemption in the heart of a gripping, far-reaching investigation BEHIND THE HALO: TRAFFICKED (Detective Procedural) An LAPD detective in the Human Trafficking Unit solves cases by day and goes rogue at night where she stops at nothing to serve justice, while keeping another secret: she herself is a former victim of sex trafficking. IT'S THE SMALL BIG THINGS (Family Drama: This Is Us meets Firefly Lane) A misfit struggles to fit in during three pivotal stages of her life—as a misunderstood child, as a newly hired social worker, and as a determined wheelchair. Character-driven, Female-centric, Crime, Procedural, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series Female, Latinx, Disabled, 40+ Repped

< Back Elijah Sariñana https://www.elijahsarinana.com/ Elijah Sariñana is a Mexican/Nahua writer and filmmaker committed to crafting universal narratives through a lens of cultural specificity. He specializes in genre, with a focus on sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. Storytelling isn’t just his passion, it’s in his blood. He was a writer on Seasons 1 and 2 of Nocturno: Tales From the Shadows, the acclaimed horror anthology podcast series starring Danny Trejo. He recently completed the first season of Zone of Silence, starring Mario Lopez and Eric Winter, and is developing Vastland Saga, a multi-format sci-fi franchise anchored by the vertical series March of the Inferno. Elijah writes with a blend of horror, heart, and humor, combining mythos, resistance, and worldbuilding into emotionally resonant storytelling. He is dedicated to expanding what “genre” can look and feel like when told with a spirit anchored in the past and a mind set toward the future. non-WGA Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American HAVOC The Last of Us meets Snowpiercer Venus 2195: Mysteriously separated from the main sky colony, survivors aboard a dying airship must come together to battle inhuman threats, and even time itself, in order to return home. REMNANT OF DAY The Witcher meets Zorro Alta California, 1821: After his village is destroyed, an accursed monster-hunter vows to track down the supernatural creatures responsible for his parents’ disappearance." ASPECT Supernatural meets This Fool After she's arrested for impersonating an FBI agent, a plucky clairvoyant discovers that her only chance to cure her once-possessed, now catatonic mother is by joining an underground agency that specializes in the supernatural. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American unrepped

< Back Stacey Russell staceycampbellrussell@gmail.com http://www.staceyrussell.net Stacey has been writing since she was a kid, when she used to charge her family a quarter to watch her ""shows"" put on with My Little Ponies and DuckTales plushies. Unfortunately her parents still have many of these on video. Stacey writes heavy but quirky character driven stories about outsiders, misfits, and sometimes just all around spectacular failures. A late diagnosis of ADHD and raising a child with Down syndrome, she uses her writing to advocate for those who are deemed ""unworthy"" as they battle to rise above expectations - both society's and their own. Honors & Awards Official Selection, The Women's List - TITS UP - 2025 Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival - YOUNGBLOODS - 2023 Semifinalist, Austin Film Festival - THE OPEN AIR - 2025 non-WGA Female, Disabled, 40+ THE OPEN AIR Dramedy feature LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE x THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON meets HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE To avoid going to a home for adults with disabilities, a young man with Down syndrome tricks his sister into a roadtrip through the South Island of New Zealand to find the rest of their family, and themselves. TITS UP 1 hr dramedy pilot DYING FOR SEX meets WEEDS When a burlesque dancer turned stay at home mom secretly turns to OnlyFans as a way to support her family and reclaim her identity, she gets swept up in the dark realities of online pornography and realizes too late she may be in way over her head. YOUNGBLOODS 1 hr supernatural dramedy pilot SEVERANCE meets ASH VS EVIL DEAD When a stoner, slacker hacker dad discovers the company he works for kidnaps interns and feasts on their blood for immortality, he finally has to get off his ass to prevent his estranged daughter from becoming their next milkshake. Character-driven, Sci-Fi, Horror, Limited Series, Satire, Snarky Female, Disabled, 40+ unrepped

< Back Hank Isaac pointsource@gmail.com http://www.hankthewriter.com Hank Isaac is a screenwriter and filmmaker who has enjoyed a varied career. The only child of a motion picture executive and a professional dancer, Hank experienced a fanciful childhood. He married his college sweetheart and they are somewhat of an anomaly – they're still married to each other after more than half a century. Hank has worked as a middle school teacher, a college professor, a sailing school manager & instructor, a research director, a product designer, an exhibit designer, a radio station disc jockey, and a toy store owner. He is a former U.S. Naval Officer who served on active duty during the Vietnam conflict. Hank and his wife lived on a boat for eleven years and raised a genius daughter in a toy store. Hank began writing feature films in 1994 and was fortunate to have been mentored by the late legendary Stewart Stern (Rebel without a Cause; Rachel, Rachel; Man without a Country; Sybil). He started directing in 2006 and since then, he and his work have been “Official Selections” in over one hundred international film festivals and awards competitions and have won more than fifty awards. Additionally, his screenplays and teleplays have been finalists and semi-finalists in more than three dozen writing competitions. Non-WGA/Caucus-only Member Male, 40+, 55+ KYLA'S WAR TV Series - Historical Drama In WWII Poland, a twelve-year-old girl is the pampered pigtailed daughter of a respected surgeon by day and, by night, a Resistance fighter who is quickly becoming the scourge of the Third Reich. OLIVIANA Family TV Series & Middle-Grade Novel Against an ever-increasing set of seemingly insurmountable situations, a little girl struggles to build and run a tiny cargo-carrying railroad to try to save her town from economic ruin and in the process learns a trainload of life lessons. ATOM & EVE Feature Film - Family - Drama Without enough air to journey to each other's habitat, two children, the isolated last survivors of a failed planetary colony, must devise a way for one to rescue the other in the face of a life-threatening disaster. Character-driven, Female-centric, Sci-Fi, Coming-of-Age, YA, Animation, Limited Series, Magical Realism Male, 40+, 55+ unrepped

< Back Heather Huntington Sheree Guitar, Sheree Guitar Entertainment IMDB Danielle Evenson & Heather Huntington are a set of mittens you left at Sundance (you can figure out which one is which). As the child of a narcissist and mother of two neurodiverse kids (Heather) and a would-be beauty queen who grew up driving the bull semen route (Danielle), obviously they write comedy. Specifically, they write edgy and sometimes nerdy feminist comedy with a pop culture bent. After studying writing at USC and Emerson, After studying writing at USC and the University of Chicago, Danielle & Heather have staffed on CBS’s "The New Adventures of Old Christine," created podcasts for Meet Cute and Aural Stories, and won audio fellowships with the Orchard Project and Gotham Film & Media Institute. Their romantic comedy feature, "The Proposal Spot," is available on Amazon and Peacock. When not writing, they teach storytelling and narrative podcasting at the New York Film Academy, and host their monthly table read series, "CoPilots," at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles. Honors & Awards Jeff Sagansky Harvardwood Writers Program - ATHERTON - 2021 Fellow, The Orchard Project's Episodic Writer's Lab - PILGRIMAGE - 2019 Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship - THE BOOTY EMBARGO - 2009 Current member Female, 40+ TWICE EXCEPTIONAL Single cam comedy pilot - The Goldbergs meets Atypical When a couple who finds out their quirky son is actually gifted AND on the spectrum, they learn that absolutely everything they thought they knew about parenting no longer applies. PILGRIMAGE Single cam comedy pilot - Broad City meets The Crucible What happens when the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of 1620s England gets stuck with the OGs of white privilege--the pilgrims? RACHEL III Single camera comedy pilot - Richard III via Ten Things I Hate About You When back-brace-wearing loser Rachel Gloucester can't win over the popular kids at her high school by buying her way onto the student council, she decides to kill them instead. Because if you can't beat 'em, hire a hitman to make it look like an accident. Character-driven, Female-centric, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Satire, Silly, Slapstick, Snarky Female, 40+ repped

< Back Lisa Jeanne Rosenberg thewholestory@comcast.net 415-407-2573 Lisa Rosenberg is an AFI Screenwriting graduate and a narrative screenwriter focused on dramas, coming-of-age, and political thrillers. CURE, a thriller, was a Semifinalist for the 2023 New York Women in Film & Television Writers’ Lab and Second Round in the 2022, 2021, and 2020 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competitions. A PLACE CALLED HOME, a political drama, was a 2024 Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition and previously an Independent Film Week selection. GRAFT, a period coming-of-age, won a 2023 Puffin Foundation grant for development as a stage play and was Second Round in the 2022 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. CRAWL SPACE, a psychological drama adapted from the novel by Edie Meidav, was a 2015 Finalist for the New York Women in Film & Television Writers' Lab. Recent contracts include script consulting and editing on THE CALLBACK short by writer/director Kara Herold; writing CLIPPED WINGS (working title), a dramatic feature for Front Row Productions; co-writing the treatment for THE MAYA MOVIE, a documentary feature for Redhouse Productions; and writing A PRAYER, a script for a short for actor Anthony Aguilar Gallagher. Earlier projects she has written for have earned an Emmy, a Codie, an Action for Children's Television Award, and a nomination for a Peabody Award. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, NYWIFT Writers’ Lab – CURE – 2023 Second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition – CURE – 2022 Second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition – GRAFT – 2022 non-WGA Female, Middle Eastern, Multi-Ethnic, 55+ CURE (Political Thriller) When a gifted Nigerian medical student invents a malaria vaccine derived from sea life, he must challenge a powerful drug company bent on co-opting his work and patenting the creatures from which the vaccine would be made. GRAFT (Coming-of-Age) In 1903, a nineteen-year-old street girl, impersonator, and thief gains an unexpected chance to recreate herself on the stage, which may enable her to transform who she can be in real life. CRAWL SPACE (Psychological Thriller) When an unrepentant war criminal secretly returns home, desperate to clear his name, he meets a troubled drifter whose story mirrors his own, forcing him to run again to finally face what he has become. Character-driven, Medical, Crime, Thriller, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, International Female, Middle Eastern, Multi-Ethnic, 55+ unrepped