Les Zig is a novelist, screenwriter, and speaker. He has three published novels: "Just Another Week in Suburbia" (Pantera Press 2017), explores the questions of trust, fidelity, and how well you can ever truly know another person; while "August Falling" (Pantera Press 2018) is a story about unconditional acceptance, reclaiming the past, and finding a way forward. As "Lazaros Zigomanis’" he wrote the YA novel "Song of the Curlew" (ECG Press 2022), a story about dreams, coming of age, community, love, and racism. It has been described by best-selling Young Adult author George Ivanoff as "an extraordinary book".’ Busybird Publishing released the tweener version, "Pride", in 2017. His new YA novel, This, will be published in 2023 with MidnightSun Publishing. This tells the story of a 15-year-old dealing with burgeoning neurosis as he navigates social pressures, high school obligations, and his overbearing Greek parents. Les is also the writer and director behind the half-hour satire mockumentary "Little Diva Rising", which has met with great success on the independent festival circuit; and the web series "The Abnorms", a preternatural take on life in lockdown during the pandemic. He also wrote and directed the short action film, "The Other Side of Paradise". He’s had four screenplays optioned, and a raft of unproduced screenplays place in over eighty competitions. His stories and articles have also been published extensively. A lifetime writer, Les has a love of storytelling, and has always wanted to tell stories.