David Blixt

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David Blixt
Born (1973-07-12) July 12, 1973 (age 50)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
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David Blixt (born July 12, 1973, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American author, stage actor, [1] [2] [3] [4] and director living in Chicago, Illinois. [5] Blixt currently serves as an Artistic Associate at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and is the MSF's resident Fight Director (Violence Designer). [6] He has directed several plays, including a 2004 production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). [7] Since 2011 he has been on the arts faculty of the Chicago High School for the Arts. [8] In 2012 he and Broadway veteran Rick Sordelet launched their own printing imprint Sordelet Ink, which focuses on publishing playscripts as well as some of Blixt's own works.

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An authority on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet , in 2014 Blixt and his wife Janice L Blixt were guests of the city of Verona, Italy for the launch of the Italian language edition of his novel The Master Of Verona. [9] He also collaborated on the script for filmmaker Anna Lerario's documentary about the life of Verona's prince, Cangrande della Scala. [10]

In 2017 his novel Her Majesty's Will, a comedy in which William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe foil a plot on Queen Elizabeth's life, was adapted for the stage by Robert Kauzlaric for Lifeline Theatre. [11]

In 2021 Blixt announced the discovery of eleven lost novels by journalist Nellie Bly, which he subsequently published as The Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly. [12]

Awards

Bibliography

The Adventures Of Nellie Bly

Star-Cross'd Series

  1. The Master of Verona (2007) [18] [19]
  2. Voice of the Falconer (2010)
  3. Fortune's Fool (2012) [20]
  4. The Prince's Doom (2014)
  5. Varnished Faces: Star-Cross'd Short Stories (2015)

Colossus Series

  1. Stone & Steel (2012)
  2. The Four Emperors (2013)
  3. Wail of the Fallen (TBA)
  4. The Hollow Triumph (TBA)

Will & Kit Series

  1. Her Majesty's Will (2012)

Scripts

Non-fiction

Editor

The Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly

Other Nellie Bly Works

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