VINAY KOLHATKAR

Vinay Kolhatkar is based in Sydney, Australia. He has written screenplays for film and television, and has extensive experience in the world of high finance. He has a Masters degree in finance from UNSW. He studied creative writing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. He later studied screenwriting at ScreenwritingU (Los Angeles), and at The Story Department (Sydney). He is a member of the Australian Writers Guild. This is his debut novel. After getting increasingly fed up with the inane banalities and rhetoric of political speeches, he decided to write a satirical thriller exposing such practices in a fictional setting, using his knowledge of story structure, dialogue subtext, and page-turning pace which he learnt from screenwriting. From a young age, he had a keen interest in American politics. For this novel, he supplemented his passion with extensive research into the conduct of presidential campaigns in America. The result is a purely fictional story with a deeply authentic ring to it- a story that provokes, educates, and entertains. You can get in touch with the author at vk2@optusnet.com.au- he welcomes interaction with his readers. He can also be contacted via LinkedIN, Facebook, or through the Facebook page of The Frankenstein Candidate, where visitors are welcome to start a discussion thread.