Local Author: John Van Roekel

We are pleased to have FSDCL “Author to Watch,” John Van Roekel speak about his  novel, Lorenzo’s Assassin, and others authored by John which include Prisoner Moon, the story of one of over 400,000 German prisoners of war brought to an American prisoner of war  camp during World War II. John adapted Prisoner Moon into a feature-length movie screenplay. The script has received a number of minor awards and won the Feature Screenplay competition at the 2016 Paris Independent Film Festival. Van Roekel also authored the novel Braver Deeds, and the short film Runner, which Patchwork Visions, an independent film group based in San Diego, has selected for production in the summer of 2018. A retired software engineer, John and his wife reside in San Diego.