John Leonard Pielmeier

John Pielmeier is a three-time Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated playwright and screenwriter. His successful plays, television movies, and miniseries include Agnes of God, Gifted Hands, Choices of the Heart, The Memory Keepers Daughter, and successful screen adaption of Ken Folletts The Pillars of the Earth. He has received the Humanitas Award (plus two nominations), five Writers Guild Award nominations, a Gemini nomination, an Edgar Award, the Camie Award, and a Christopher Award. He is married to writer Irene OGarden and lives in upstate New York. Hooks Tale is his first novel.