Author Resume

Renee C. Prince

WRITING

Writing Experience

"I Fell for My Judo Teacher" First published story. Humorous confessional for True Romance magazine.

"The Kilowatt Wars" Feature article, investigative journalism for The San Diego Reader newspaper.

"The Doctor is Out" Feature article, investigative journalism for The San Diego Reader newspaper.

Lemon Grove Review newspaper Reviewed plays and wrote press releases.

The Behavioral Biology of Killer Whales Co-authored chapter on killer whale vocalizations and behavior for this graduate-level text book.

"Little Sister, Big Trouble" Cover feature, investigative journalism for The San Diego Reader newspaper.

"A Land of Contrasts" Humorous travel article for Impulse magazine.

"Writer brings Alaskan Experience to Huntington" Personal experience article for Hermosa Beach Easy Reader newspaper.

"Volunteer Groups Offer Opportunities" Environmental article for Hermosa Beach Easy Reader newspaper.

"An Open Letter to the Amazon Parrot I have Been Supporting For Over Fifteen Years Who Still Tries to Bite Me For No Apparent Reason" Humorous piece for Timothy McSweeeney's Internet Tendency online magazine.

"Living an Authentic Life: Job Search Guidelines" Humorous piece for Defenestration online magazine.

"Summer of Love" Nonfiction story in upcoming book anthology VoiceCatcher. (In bookstores or order on Amazon.com November, 2006.)

"Six Steps to Total Relaxation in the Workplace" Humorous piece for Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency online magazine.

"Please Stand By" Guest columnist article on painting and filmmaking for 2008 Oregon Film Magazine.

"Your Questions About Twilight Answered---Sort Of" Guest columnist article about working on film Twilight for 2009 Oregon Film Magazine, Volume 6.

"Trash Talking Harrison Ford" Article on green filmmaking for Media Inc Magazine, Volume 21, Issue 3, 2009.

"Exploring Oregon's Luminous Landscape" Feature article for Oregon Film Magazine, Volume 7, 2010.

"The Standby Painter" Ongoing weekly blog on all aspects of filmmaking for Film Industry Bloggers.com website since November 2008.

Books in Progress

To the Dolphin Alone Book based on the author's relationships with several different dolphins, and describing the scientific search for non-human consciousness.

North of the Rainbow Book about the experience of working with a small group of volunteers who adopted a beach deep in the Alaskan wilderness during the clean-up following the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Meaning Place, Talking Time Unique and inspiring literal translations of place names and time frames from different languages of native cultures around the world.

The Hawk Diaries The story of the author's twelve year long (and counting) friendship with a wild red-tailed hawk.

Awards Received	"The Question" Non-fiction personal experience story about living with dolphins. 1998 Kay Snow Writing Contest, third place. "From Earth to Mars: A Round Trip" Non-fiction personal account of the Exxon Valdez oil spill clean up. 1999 Kay Snow Writing Contest, Honorable mention. "Unknown" Fiction story. 2000 Dragon Fly Review Literary Contest, Honorable Mention. "The Squirrel Eraser" Non-fiction story of a strange chapter in childhood. 2000 Kay Snow Writing Contest, Honorable Mention. "The Summer of Love" Non-fiction story of synchronistic dolphin encounter on a deserted beach. Oregon Writers Colony Contest, First Place, 2007 Soul-making Literary Competition, Third Place.
Education	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California San Diego State University San Diego, California Undergraduate and Masters degrees in cognitive psychology, animal behavior § Graduated with high honors, both institutions.
Professional Experience	Designer and senior sculptor for San Diego company which constructed giant cold-air inflatable sculptures of human and animal figures, including The Incredible Hulk, Donald Duck, King Kong (a 65 foot tall version placed atop the Empire State Building) as well as many others. Sculptor and scenic artist for films and television. Was lead scenic artist for prime time series The Wonder Years, and I continue to work leading painting and sculpting crews on films ranging form The Abyss to Pacific Heights. Most recently worked as Art Director and Production Designer for films including Indigo, Conversations with God, and Dreams Awake.
Whatever	Dolphin researcher and trainer at Scripps’ Institute of Oceanographic Research in La Jolla and San Diego State Foundation's research at Sea World of San Diego’s. Worked with dolphins on studies of their intelligence and communication abilities during all of college and graduate school as part of major emphasis. Field researcher studying killer whales in the wild (British Columbia) for two years, tracking family groups and "listening in" to different pods’ dialects in order to map them. Volunteer worker and journalist on oil spill clean-ups in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula following the Exxon Valdez oil spill (where I stayed to work for three months) and California’s Huntington Beach British Petroleum oil spill.