About the Author

WILLIAM IVOR FOWKES is a playwright and author based in New York and a member of the Dramatists Guild. His plays have been presented in 24 states. Several have been published. His full-length plays include All in the Faculty (Dramatists Play Service), Museum Lovers (Harlequin Productions), Sunshine Quest (Fresh Fruit Festival), The Best Place We've Ever Lived (Love Creek Productions), Couple of the Century (Downtown Urban Theater Festival), The German Lesson (Great Plains Theatre Conference), and others. His short plays include The Dakota (Best Short Play, Downtown Urban Theater Festival), The Brazilian Dilemma (First Prize, McLean Drama Company), The Next Move (Best New One-Act Play, Brevard Theater), The Session (Pushcart Prize Nominee), Table Manners in Chicagoland (Winner, Nor'Eastern Play Writing Contest, Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre), An Accident in the Park (William Inge Theatre Festival), and others. A graduate of Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude) and Northwestern University (M.A., PhD), he has been a finalist for the Reva Shiner Comedy Award and the W. Keith Hedrick Playwriting Contest. His fiction has been published in many journals. His books include A Hegelian Account of Contemporary Art (UMI Research Press) and Skyline: Tales of Manhattan. He is a former philosophy professor and a former media & entertainment industry executive. He is married to Stephen Michael Smith, a music conductor, and has two daughters, Laura and Julia, both in the fashion industry. For more information: www.williamivorfowkes.com