Ken LuberKen Luber attended the renowned Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, after having graduated from Ripon College. In his early years, he travelled around the world, mostly hitchhiking and studying the world cultures. Ken received a Writer/Directr Fellowship at the American Film Institute and has written and directed for film, television, and theatre. Major film and television companies have optioned his screenplays and television projects. His feature film "Howzer" was shown at the New American Director Series at the Whitney Museum in New York City and distributed by Warner Bros. Ken's recent young-adult time-travel novel, "The Sun Jumpers," won the publisher's Award of Literary Excellence, and has been optioned by a major animation studio for a TV series. "Esperanza: the Musical of Hope," for which he wrote the book and lyrics with music composed by Saverio Rapezzi, had its world premiere in Palm Springs, CA, in 2015. His other books include his novel "An Angel A Dealer The Deal" and his first book of collected poetry, "Everybody's Shadow." Born in Wisconsin, Ken has worked as a house painter, pizza maker, book salesman, door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, pr writer, telemarketer and ESL teacher. He has a son and daughter, and now lives with his artist-writer-sound healing practioner wife Kathleen, in Southern California. Read More Read Less