Roger Rueff

Roger Rueff is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose works have been produced around the world and translated into seven languages. His best-known plays include "So Many Words" and "Hospitality Suite," which he adapted to create the screenplay for "The Big Kahuna," starring Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito.

He recently served as the lead writer for the European Union Health Programme animated Web series "Boys & Girls" and is the author of "Fifty Things I Want My Son to Know," a collection of poetic proverbs written for and dedicated to his son.

In addition to his writing achievements, Roger is a Ph.D. research engineer and the sole named inventor on two U.S. patents. It is this unique creative/technical background that has enabled him to create the fresh, innovative approach to story development that forms the basis of his book "Discovering the Soul of Your Story" and serves as the foundation of its companion website, "Soul of Your Story Academy" (www.soulofyourstory.org).

Roger lives in Chicago with his wife, Jennifer, and cruises the back roads of Illinois on his Harley whenever he can.