JL can remember picking up a pen for the first time as the Berlin Wall fell, aware then that the event would define a generation. A degree in English Literature from UCLA followed, with a concentration in military and espionage fiction shaped by the tendency to pick electives featuring guest professors like David Mamet, and a graduation thesis titled James Bond's role in shaping the Lexicon of Espionage.
With three decades in film production, Calder brings a cinematic eye to the page—along with a healthy disregard for taking creative notes.
