Bill Mesce

Bill Mesce, Jr. is an author, screenwriter, and playwright living in New Jersey. His first professional writing gig was the product of a screenwriting contest landing him an uncredited stint on Brian DePalma's 1981 political thriller, BLOW OUT. Since then he has worked on a number of film projects, including the 1998 feature ROAD ENDS which was screened at a number film festivals. Another writing contest led to his award-winning one-act play "A Good Kid," which, in turn kicked off a series of related one-acts which were eventually rolled into his first full-length stage effort, A JERSEY CANTATA. And yet again, a writing contest brought him his first published credit, the critically-acclaimed WW II drama, THE ADVOCATE. Since then, he has turned out a range of work from academic studies to literary short fiction and including several well-received sequels to THE ADVOCATE. Since 2010, he has been an adjunct instructor at several colleges and universities in New Jersey. From fall 2017-summer 2018 he was on the Creative Writing faculty of the University of Maine at Farmington.