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 titled VoiceCatcher. (In bookstores or order on Amazon.com November, 2006.)

Seeking representation for:

Dolphin Alone Book based on personal experience (see below) detailing dolphin personalities, along with where and how to meet them around the world, and how to behave properly in their environment.

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.

Slime Time Sci-fi/ horror/ comedy script (similar in tone to Men In Black) dealing with a huge, deadly, intelligent slime mold intent on destroying humanity. (Co-author)

Off the Grid Script about a woman who suspects her neighbors may have the ability to alter reality.

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 my eight year 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. "A Pilgrim Goes to Mars" Non-fiction story of personal transformation in Alaska. 1999 "In the Beginning Was the Word" Literary Arts Contest, First Place. "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.
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 for film Indigo.
Whatever	Dolphin researcher and trainer at Scripps’ Institute of Oceanographic Research in La Jolla and Sea World of San Diego’s research department. 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. These experiences provided me with a rare epiphany: a profound and detailed new awareness of the natural world. However, growing up a Los Angeles native has imbued me with a strong, healthy sense of humor, and that special composure which only comes after hours of freeway driving in heavy traffic each and every day during one’s formative years.