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Robin Russin is a professor of screenwriting and playwriting in the Department of Theatre, Film & Digital Production at the University of California, Riverside, where he helped create the MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. He has written, produced and directed for film, TV and the theater, including the box office hit "On Deadly Ground;" "America's Most Wanted;" and "Vital Signs" on ABC, where he was Senior Producer. Robin is co-author of the books "Screenplay: Writing the Picture," now in its second edition, and "Naked Playwriting." His stories, articles and reviews have been appeared in "Script Magazine," "Verdad Magazine," "Connotation Press," "Harvard Magazine," "The Los Angeles Times," "The American Oxonian," "Shofar," and elsewhere. A Rhodes Scholar, Robin has degrees from Harvard, Oxford, Rhode Island School of Design, and UCLA. His play, "The Face in the Reeds," premiered in an extended run at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica CA, where he initiated and leads a workshop for emerging and established local playwrights. "The Face in the Reeds" also had a series of readings in New York CIty. His original one-hour pilot script about King David, "Beloved," was sold to ABC TV and adapted as "Of Kings and Prophets." He recently directed the independent feature film, "When I Sing."