Ben Gonshor is a writer, actor, musician and entrepreneur. He wrote the script for a musical on Harry Houdini and his play, “When Blood Ran Red,” about a key moment in the life of the great American actor\singer\activist Paul Robeson, won the David and Clare Rosen Memorial International Play Contest at the National Yiddish Theatre, in New York.  Mr. Gonshor holds an M.F.A. in Motion Picture and Television Producing from the University of Southern California and when not writing or in the wings, he owns and operates FLUIDS iQ, Canada’s Wellness Laboratory. The Book of Izzy is his debut novel.