Doug Williams

Doug Williams is a playwright, author, and award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker. He is a former journalist; served as press secretary in the US Senate; and has overseen communications in both the public and private sectors. His script based on the life of Barbara Jordan, Black Star Rising, has been honored in over 45 competitions worldwide—winning 12 best screenplay awards—and is in development for a feature film. His previous books include a novel, Nowhere Man, which critics compared to Homeland and House of Cards, and a nonfiction book cowritten with a federal whistleblower, A Sacred Duty, which is also in development for a film. He currently resides in Houston, Texas, with his wife Donna McKenzie.