Apr 29

Apr 29 Rena Winters

Author Rena Winters

Biography

Multi-talented Rena Winters has enjoyed an outstanding career in the entertainment industry as a writer, talent, producer, production executive and as a major TV and Motion Picture executive.

Her writing ability won the coveted Angel Award for the "outstanding family TV special, “How to Change Your Life,” which she co-hosted with Robert Stack. She wrote the two hour script (and co-produced) for “My Little Corner of the World,” winner of the Freedoms Foundation and American Family Heritage awards.

Feature films include “The Boys Next Door,” “KGB, the Secret War,” “Charlie Chan & the Curse of the Dragon Queen” and “Avenging Angel.”

Her producing credits include “The Juliet Prowse Spectacular” for 20th Century Fox, “Sinatra - Las Vegas Style” and “Peter Marshall - One More Time,” which produced a best selling soundtrack album.

As Executive Vice President, she headed the entire USA operation for the international entertainment giant, Sepp-Inter, producers of TV Series, TV Specials, Feature Films and all areas of merchandising for their animated entities including “The Smurfs,” “Flipper,” “Seabert,” “The Snorks” and “Foofur” (all Emmy Award winners) plus “After School Specials” for CBS-TV.

Author of the bestselling book “Smurfs: The Inside Story of the Little Blue Characters” currently available on Amazon and Kindle and in all book stores.

Contributing author to an anthology of patriots and heroes, “I Pledge Allegiance,” sponsored by the Wednesday Warriors Writers group currently on Amazon and Kindle.

Latest book – “Target One” A story about how terrorism escalates in America. Winner 2nd Place Best Fiction 2018 by the Public Safety Writers Association.

Rena is a contributing writer to the “summerlinww.blogspot.com” as a member of the Summerlin Writers and Poets Group. She is also a contributing writer to WTTmagazine@gmail.com. She is a former writer/reporter for “thenowreport.vegas,” an online newspaper.

In addition, Rena has recently completed writing a children’s book featuring two rescue cats. She also has a forthcoming cook book for people who don’t have time to cook.

Rena Winters was voted one of the “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading – 2017 and 2018” by The Authors Show.com.

At the College of Southern Nevada, Rena is an adjunct instructor teaching Creative Writing courses. She makes her home in Las Vegas, Nevada and works in her spare time as an editor and ghostwriter.