Sandra Jerome

Sandi (former Sandy Cook, Escondido) is a screenwriter and author of fiction, non-fiction, and produced screenplays. She has an advanced degree in screenwriting from UCLA and has written dozens of award-winning scripts with one animated script being produced by BlackOrb Studios. She is the screenwriter for Hijacked, a movie about the heroes of Flight 705 and Augie, a sequel to the Mama Dallas movie and is working with a UK Production company to make Wilma Wallaby into a TV series. She won a Native American in Media Alliance fellowship twice, and has been a Nicholl’s Fellowship finalist with two screenplays, and a Page International, Final Draft Big Break, and Austin Film Festival finalist with five different scripts.

As a member of the Cherokee Nation, Sandi has written two fantasy fiction novel inspired by her ancestors; Sleep Warrior and Blood Moon Wolf. She is the author of a YA fantasy series, Kira and Henry, numerous computer and accounting guides and the Amazing Animals of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. She loves soccer and theme park food.