On September 14th, our speaker will be David Congalton, an author, radio talk show host, and screenwriter who has been writing professionally since 1989.

Congalton sold his original screenplay, Authors Anonymous, to Hollywood in 2012, and it became a feature film comedy starring Kaley Cuoco, Chris Klein, Teri Polo, and the late Dennis Farina. The film, currently available on Netflix and DVD, is about a dysfunctional writing critique group that implodes when one member becomes an overnight literary success. Congalton’s second script, Seven Sisters, is now in development and slated to go into production in early 2016 with director Danny Leiner.

Congalton is also the host of a daily four-hour radio talk show in San Luis Obispo. Over the years, he has also been a newspaper columnist, a freelance magazine writer, and the author of two award-winning nonfiction books, as well as serving as the director of the Central Coast Writers Conference for 12 years.

His web site is davidcongalton.com.