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UCLA Extension Writers' Program
UCLA Extension Writers' Program is a unit within UCLA Extension, the not-for-profit and self-supporting community outreach arm of the University of California, Los Angeles. Located in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, the UCLA Extension Writers' Program offers approximately 400 annual open-enrollment screenwriting and creative writing courses for all levels of writers. Courses are available online and on the UCLA campuses in downtown Los Angeles and Woodland Hills. All courses are approved by the UCLA Academic Senate. History The Regents of the University of California established University Extension in 1891. A permanent Extension office was opened in Los Angeles in 1917. Extension moved to the UCLA campus in 1948, and subsequently to its location at Gayley and LeConte in 1971. The UCLA Extension Writers' Program was established in 1966. Dr. Linda Venis served as the Director of the Writers' Program from August 1986 until June 2016, when she retired. In October 2016, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCLA Extension
UCLA Extension is a public continuing education institution headquartered in Westwood, Los Angeles, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. Classes are held at UCLA, in Downtown Los Angeles, and other locations throughout Los Angeles County, including Torrance. Founded in 1917, it is part of the University of California system, and all courses are approved by the University of California, Los Angeles, although it is financially self-supporting. UCLA Extension is accredited, through UCLA, by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. History On February 14, 1893, the Regents of the University of California adopted the extramural instruction plan, which officially founded University Extension. In 1902, University Extension was reorganized as a self-governing body within the university. The doors of UC Extension in Los Angeles (officially "University of California Extension Division, Southern District") were opened in September 1917. Extension's origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Sarvas
Mark Sarvas (born September 26, 1964) is an American novelist, critic, and blogger living in Los Angeles. He is the host of the literary blog The Elegant Variation and author of the novel ''Harry, Revised'' (Bloomsbury, Spring 2008). ''Harry, Revised'' was a finalist for the Fiction Prize of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association, and was also a 2008 Denver Post Good Reads selection. Sarvas is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, PEN/America and a contributing editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books. His second novel, ''Memento Park,'' was acquired for publication by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in May 2014, for March 2018 publication. Awards *2005: ''Guardian'' Top 10 Litblog *2005: ''Los Angeles Magazine'' Top LA Blog *2006: ''Forbes'' Best of the Web *2008: Southern California Independent Booksellers Association: First Fiction Prize finalist *2018: Santa Monica Arts Fellowship *2019: AJL Fiction Award *2019: ''American Book Award The America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Jerome Dickey
Eric Jerome Dickey (July 7, 1961January 3, 2021) was an American author. He wrote several crime novels involving grifters, ex cons, and assassins, the latter novels having more diverse settings, moving from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom to the West Indies, each having an international cast of characters. Dickey was a ''New York Times'' bestselling novelist. Early life and education Dickey was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 7, 1961. He received a Bachelor of Science from Memphis State University in 1983. At Memphis State, Dickey was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, a fraternity. In 1983, Dickey moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in engineering. Dickey was employed in the aerospace industry working at Rockwell International, ASSD division, as a software developer, before deciding that he wanted to pursue acting and stand-up comedy, and began on the local and national comedy circuit. Literary career Dickey authored fifteen novels and his work appeared in a varie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindy DeKoven
Lindy DeKoven is a novelist, television executive, producer, and California state commissioner. She was executive vice president of NBC overseeing movies and miniseries and then served as an executive producer at Paramount/CBS where she developed the comedy, '' Listen Up'' for CBS Television as well as, television pilots, miniseries, and made-for-TV movies. At NBC, DeKoven ordered to production: ''Merlin'', ''Gulliver’s Travels'', '' The Odyssey'', ''The Temptations'', '' Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story'', ''A Woman of Independent Means ''The 60’s ''The 70’s '' Asteroid (film), Asteroid'', ''Noah's Ark'', '' The Beast'', ''Crime & Punishment'', ''Pandora's Clock'', '' The NBC Monday Night Movie'' female-teen franchise featuring '' Beverly Hills, 90210'' stars, such as Tori Spelling, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Brian Austin Green, Michelle Williams, and Jennie Garth, which was among the first television programs to feature soundtracks by new artists. DeKoven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Cogman
Robert Bryan Cogman (born July 25, 1979) is an American television writer and producer. He wrote eleven episodes of the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. He is also the author of the book ''Inside HBO's Game of Thrones'' which features a preface by ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' author George R. R. Martin. Early life Cogman was born in Oklahoma City, and moved to the Washington, D.C. area when his father became Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Dewey Bartlett. He attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. He was in the class of 1997. He was educated at the Juilliard School and graduated with a BFA in Acting, class of 2001. Juilliard classmates included Lee Pace, Anthony Mackie, Tracie Thoms, and Steven Boyer. After graduating from Juilliard, "spent the next decade working on his acting career, with little to show for it". Unable to get consistent work as an actor, he sold printer cartridges on the side to pay rent. Career Bryan Cogm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoanne Clack
Zoanne Clack (born July 14, 1968), also known as Zoanne Arnette, is an American television producer, writer, story editor, actress, and medical doctor/consultant. Clack's most notable work has been on the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', in which she has served as executive story editor for twenty-three episodes, producer for nineteen episodes and writer for fifteen episodes. She has also served as an extra for the show. Her other work includes medical supervisor on '' ER'', writer on ''Presidio Med'' and minor acting roles in ''The District'' and ''Philly''. Background Born in San Joaquin, California, she attended Northwestern University majoring in communication studies with a concentration in neurobiology. She attended medical school at UT Southwestern before doing her residency in Emergency Medicine at Emory University. She has a Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Behavioral Sciences and spent one year working with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in international em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Chen
Pauline W. Chen (born 1964), is a Taiwanese American surgeon, author, and ''New York Times'' columnist. She is known for her 2007 book '' Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality'' as well as her online column "Doctor and Patient". She is also the recipient of numerous awards including the UCLA Outstanding Physician of the Year Award in 1999 and the George Longstreth Humanness Award at Yale for most exemplifying empathy, kindness, and care in an age of advancing technology. Her parents are immigrants from Taiwan. Education and training Chen graduated from The Loomis Chaffee School, then attended Harvard University and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She completed her general surgical training at Yale University, the National Cancer Institute, and UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker Cawley
Tucker Cawley is an American television comedy writer and producer, best known for writing episodes for ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. He has also written for ''Men of a Certain Age'', ''Parks and Recreation'', '' Up All Night'', and the short-lived Kelsey Grammer sitcom ''Hank''. He has won three Emmy Awards, including the 2003 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Career He is a 1986 graduate of Gonzaga College High School (Washington, DC) and a 1990 graduate of the University of Virginia, where he was a member of Theta Chi social fraternity. ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' episodes This is a list of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' episodes written or co-written by Cawley. Season one *"Frank, the Writer" *"Turkey or Fish" *"The Game" *"Fascinatin' Debra" (with Jeremy Stevens) Season two *"Ray's on TV" *"Civil War" *"Good Girls" *"The Garage Sale" (with Ellen Sandler, Jeremy Stevens, & Lew Schneider) Season three *"Moving Out" *"Pants on Fire" *"Ray Home Alone" (with Ray R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Carlip
Hillary Carlip (born October 20, 1956) is an American author and visual artist, whose work has been featured in a museum show alongside Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst. Her latest release, ''Find Me I’m Yours'', is an interactive, multi-platform entertainment experience conceived, designed and written by Carlip, and co-created, directed, and produced by Maxine Lapiduss. Books Carlip's first book, ''Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out'', was published in 1995. It was selected by the New York Public Library for inclusion on its "Best Books for Teens" list, and Hillary appeared on Oprah to promote the book. Her second book, ''Zine Scene'', which she designed herself and co-wrote with Francesca Lia Block, won an American Library Association Award. Carlip's third book, ''Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan'', was an American Booksellers Association Book Sense Pick Best Seller, a Lambda Literary Award finalist in two categories (humor and memoir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavia E
Octavia may refer to: People * Octavia the Elder (before 66 – after 29 BC), elder half sister of Octavia the Younger and Augustus/Octavian * Octavia the Younger (c.66–11 BC), sister of Augustus, younger half sister of Octavia the Elder and fourth wife of Mark Antony. * Claudia Octavia (AD 39–AD 62), daughter of Claudius and Valeria Messalina and first wife of Nero * Octahvia (fl. 1980s), American vocalist * Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), African-American science fiction writer * Octavia (early 20th century), the name taken by Mabel Barltrop of the Panacea Society in 1918 * Octavia Spencer (born 1972), actress * Oktawia Kawęcka (born 1985), jazz musician, singer, flutist, composer, producer and actress Culture * ''Octavia'' (play), a tragedy mistakenly attributed to the Roman playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatises Claudia Octavia's death * ''Octavia'' (opera), by Reinhard Keiser * ''Octavia'', a romance by Jilly Cooper ** ''Octavia'' (TV serial), an ITV adaptati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Bitting
Michelle Bitting (born February, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American poet who was honored on March 8, 2012 with the position of Poet Laureate of Pacific Palisades, California. Early life and education Bitting grew up in Pacific Palisades. Studied theater at the University of California, Berkeley and pursued careers in dance and culinary arts before turning her focus to writing in 2001. She received an MFA in writing and poetry from Pacific University, Oregon in 2009. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University, Oregon. She is a PhD candidate in mythological studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Career Bitting is the author of three collections of poetry: ''Notes to the Beloved'' (Winner of the Sacramento Poetry Center Book Award, 2011), ''Good Friday Kiss'' (C&R Press, 2008), and ''Blue Laws'' (Finishing Line Press, 2007). ''Good Friday Kiss'' was chosen by Thomas Lux as the winner of the 2007 DeNovo Prize for 1st Book of Poetry. Publications that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Bender
Karen E. Bender is an American novelist and short story writer. Biography Karen E. Bender is the author of the short story collection ''Refund'', which was a Finalist for the National Book Award in fiction for 2015, and on the shortlist for the 2015 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and the novels ''A Town of Empty Rooms'' and ''Like Normal People''; ''Like Normal People'' was a Los Angeles Times Bestseller, and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. Both her collections ''Refund'' and ''The New Order'' were Longlisted for The Story Prize. Writing about "A Town of Empty Rooms," reviewer S. Kirk Walsh said in the ''Boston Globe'', Bender has taught fiction writing for the MFA programs at Hollins University, Chatham University, Tunghai University in Taiwan, and the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is on the Core faculty for Alma College and is a Visiting Writer at the MFA program at SUNY Stony Brook. She has received grants from the Rona Jaffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |