Don Roff (born December 13, 1966, in

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) is a writer and filmmaker. Roff grew up in

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. He worked at the local

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and made

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and VHS movies with his neighborhood friends. He graduated from McLoughlin Union High School in 1985. Roff joined the

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in 1989 and became a

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. He was stationed at

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in the 3d Ranger Battalion, and was a part of

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in Panama. He graduated from Walla Walla Community College in 1995 and the

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in 1997. After living in

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and New York City, Roff returned to

in 2011. In June 2006, Roff received the Zola Award for screenwriting from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.2006 Zola Awards
/ref> He is a daily practitioner of

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(TM).

Bibliography

*''

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'' (2006) *''Tales of Terror'' (2007) *''Dragon Adventures'' (2007) *''True Scary Stories'' (2007) *''Creepy Stories'' (2008) *''Vampire Tales'' (2009) *''Ghost Quest'' (2009) *'' Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection'' (2009) *''Werewolf Tales'' (2010) *''Real-Life Hauntings'' (2010) *''Zombie Tales'' (2011) *''Haunted Tales'' (2011) *''Ghost Hauntings: America's Most Haunted Places'' (2011) *''Heebie-Jeebies: Volume One'' (2012) *''Terrifying Tales'' (2012) *''Terrifying Tales'' Vol. 2 (2014) *''Snowblind'' (2015) *''Ghost Detective'' (2016) *''Clare at Sixteen'' (2021) *''Clare at Seventeen'' (2022) *''Usher House Rising'' (2023)

Anthology

*''Sherlock Holmes: The Crossover Casebook'' (2011) *''Underneath the Juniper Tree Anthology'' (2013) *''The Spider: Extreme Prejudice'' (2013)

Podcasts

*''Darkside Drive'' (2016-2018) *''R.L. Stine's Story Club: Ivy's Chilling Tales'' (2021-2023)

Filmography

Short films

*''A Night in the Life of the Vampire'' (1996) *''The Weird World of Mushroom Madness'' (1997) *''Vrooom!'' (2008)

Feature films

*''The House of Malik'' (2011) *'' Saint Clare'' (2023)

References

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