Winged Creatures tells the story of the aftermath of a random shooting in a fast-food restaurant, as the stunned survivors attempt to deal with their shock in very different ways. The prose is raw and intimate, leaving a visceral impression.
Born in New York and educated at Beloit College in Wisconsin, Roy has been Associate Editor for the nationally renowned Beloit Poetry Journal, and for the national desk of The New York Times.
He later received a Master's Degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan, where he wrote and directed "Persona Non Grata," an Ann Arbor International Film Festival prize winner.
Roy later became been a writer of songs recorded by such multi-platinum artists as Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Smoky Robinson, Gloria Estefan, Alan Jackson and many others, while under exclusive contracts to Warner Brothers and EMI Music. He's had songs in such films and soundtracks as "Top Gun," "Donnie Brascoe," and others. He's received numerous BMI Most Performed Song Awards, Million Performance Awards, and gold and platinum certifications.
More recently, as a screenwriter, Roy has written "City of Silence" for DreamWorks, and "Frontin'," with his wife Debrah, for Fox Searchlight.
Currently, Roy's screenplay adaptation of his own novel "Winged Creatures," has become a dramatic ensemble feature film, starring Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson, nominee Jackie Earle Haley, Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Embeth Davditz and Troy Garity.
"Winged Creatures" explodes the myth of "closure" with an after-the-cameras-go-home look at the real and lasting trauma of gun violence-- ordinary people driven by secret torments and dangerous compulsions, in flight from their own memories and dreams.
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