Freirich, R: Deprivation

Roy Freirich leads multiple lives as a writer--of lyrics, movies, and novels. His lyrics have been sung by legends Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, and Patti Labelle, among many others. He's written screenplays for Fox Searchlight, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, and Sony, and adapted his novel, Winged Creatures, for the film, Fragments, featuring Forest Whitaker, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Josh Hutcherson, and Kate Beckinsale. He lives with his wife, ever-patient editor and frequent cowriter, Debrah, in Malibu, California. Together, they've written the libretto for a musical adaptation of Anne Rice's Cry to Heaven, for Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. Visit him online at www.royfreirich.com.