Kenneth Mader

Kenneth Mader is a multi-award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker with numerous writing credits to his name, including his award-winning, critically acclaimed theatrical feature film Displacement, as well as the award-winning short film Passing Darkness upon which his book Afterlife was inspired. He has taken home Best Feature Screenplay honors along with Excellence in the Craft of the Written Word at the AOF Written Word Awards, plus numerous other awards and honors. He’s had development deals with companies such as Shoreline Entertainment, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences curated his work for inclusion in their historical Margaret Herrick Library, and he is a founding member and former President of the Chicago Screenwriters Network, co-founded with television writer Edward Allen Bernero. He was born and raised in Chicago, where he began his writing and filmmaking career. He moved to Los Angeles in 2001, where he currently resides and has made his living as a writer and filmmaker ever since. Aftrelife is his first novel.