Victoria Zackheim is the author of the novel "The Bone Weaver" and editor of five anthologies, the most recent being "Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death". Her screenplay, "Maidstone", is in development, as is her play, "Entangled. "She writes documentary films and teaches creative nonfiction/personal essay in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. Victoria is a 2010 San Francisco Library Laureate. She lives in San Francisco, California.