V. O. Blum

Author of amazing (terrestrial) tales that conceivably might have happened ... stories that impart ingenious strategies for busting out of the cage of convention.

In the U.S.: writer in residence at the Ucross Foundation's Big Red Ranch (1987), MacDowell Colony (1990), Cummington Community of the Arts (1991), and Dorset Colony (1994)

In New Zealand: summer screenwriter in residence at the University of Auckland's Media Studies programme (2014) and University of Canterbury's Cinema Studies programme (2015)

In the Kingdom of Tonga: humanities professor, University at 'Atenisi Institute (2008-)