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|  | == About the Author== |  | == About the Author== | 
|  | The award-winning writer [[Les Golden]] learned his craft under Ann Woodworth, the distinguished professor of theatre at [[Northwestern University]], and [[Del Close]], the legendary guru of Chicago’s [[Second City]] improvisation nightclub, among others.  He has over 100 professional theatre and film credits and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. |  | The award-winning writer [[Les Golden]] learned his craft under Ann Woodworth, the distinguished professor of theatre at [[Northwestern University]], and [[Del Close]], the legendary guru of Chicago’s [[Second City]] improvisation nightclub, among others.  He has over 100 professional theatre and film credits and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. | 
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|  | + | The many references to [[astronomy]] and extraterrestrials in the script result from Les Golden’s second career as an astronomy professor at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]].   | 
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|  | + | He is also the author of “Never Split Tens,” a screenplay based on the life of the M.I.T. mathematics professor who developed the card counting system at casino blackjack, “[[Murder by Mistletoe]],” a full length murder mystery/comedy, and “The Skull Caper,” a noire script based on [[Del Close]]’s bequeathing his skull to the Goodman Theatre for use as Yorick in [[Hamlet]]. | 
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|  | ==Categories== |  | ==Categories== |