We chat with screenwriters and novelists; Lauren Cipollo and Matt Conant!

Chatting with Sherri welcomes screenwriters and novelists; Lauren Cipollo and Matt Conant!

Lauren Cipollo is a screenwriter, novelist, and illustrator specializing in science fiction, fantasy and other genre fare. Lauren designed over a dozen species and countless mechanics for the space adventure tabletop role-playing game Parallax. She then co-wrote The Parallax trilogy of novels, coming soon from Aethon Books. Lauren also authored the epic fantasy novel Dark & Zarus, which just went out on query. Her short story We Used to Fly was featured in the dystopian anthology When All That’s Left Are Stories, available on Amazon. 

Matt Conant is a show creator living in Los Angeles, with twenty years experience as a writer and director on comedy, sci-fi, and genre properties for film, TV, and digital. Matt is a writer on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Netflix, others), as well as The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live Tour. He has also created/written/directed many digital comedy series including Nerd vs. Geek, Moot, OverAnalyzers, and Society: Why It's Wrong, and served as co-writer and frequent collaborator on The Angry Video Game Nerd, Super Plumber Bros and Living in 8 Bits. His debut novel trilogy Parallax, written with writing partner Lauren Cipollo, is coming soon from Aethon Books, and he is currently adapting a neo-noir video game property for TV, as well as writing and producing web series The Box with esteemed animation writer Jonathan Callan.