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Douglas S. Reed

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Hi, Everyone!!!

I am an educator and author of the novels Child of Gilead and Garden's Corner. Born in Queens, New York, my early travels as a teen and young adult took me to such places as Greenwich, CT and Syracuse University where I received a degree in Communications Management from the Samuel I. Newhouse School of Communications.

Upon graduation, I journeyed off to Los Angeles where I was initiated to and gained experience in the motion picture industry. While on the West Coast, I worked for Walt Disney Pictures/Touchstone Films in Burbank.

With my return to New York, I worked as a freelance Script Analyst for New Line Cinema and Vision Media/Greyhound Films where my duties included reading and evaluating literary material for the screen ...more

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