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Born in New York and educated at Beloit College in Wisconsin, author Roy Freirich has been Associate Editor for the nationally renowned "Beloit Poetry Journal," and for the national desk of "The New York Times."

He received a Master’s Degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan, where he wrote and co-directed "Persona Non Grata," an Ann Arbor International Film Festival prize winner.

As a screenwriter, Roy wrote "City of Silence" for DreamWorks, "Frontin'," with his wife Debrah, for Fox Searchlight, and the screenplay for the Sony release, "Fragments," adapted from his own novel, "Winged Creatures."

“Fragments" stars Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning,, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Hudson,, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tr ...more

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