Thomas WesterfieldThomas Westerfield's stories have been recognized as a finalist by the Saints and Sinners Festival, the New Millennium Writing Awards for Fiction, and the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Competition. His plays, Catharsis and Monasteries, received roductions and staged readings in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He was recognized as one of the "25 Unsung Heroes of the Gay Community" in 1988 by The Advocate magazine for his playwriting and his role in cofounding the Owensboro Gay Alliance in Kentucky.He currently resides in San Francisco, freelancing as a writing consultant while working on his novel That Goddamned Red Rose. He is also a certified Laughter Yoga Leader who has conducted sessions for corporate and social service employees, dialysis patients, and seniors living with dementia. His website is thomaswesterfieldwriter.com. Read More Read Less