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Donald L. Vasicek Author/Filmmaker

Donald L. Vasicek was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on March 26, 1940. A ten-letter athlete in high school, Don earned his B. A. degree in Sociology from the University of Colorado in 1976. The father of a son, Robert Wesley and Carrie Jean, Don began writing poetry in 1970. Many of his poems were published in a variety of newsletter, magazines and books. In 1983, Don wrote a screenplay titled, "The Crown." It was purchased by Incline Productions, Inc. and produced under the title of "Born to Win." It is a story about a boy who sets out to win $25,000 in a muscle car race so that his Gramps can have an operation that will save his life. "The Crown" won several writing awards including finishing 6th in the "Writer's Digest" screenwriting competition. It also secured him an agent, award-winning Robert Freedman of the Robert Freedman Dramatic Agency in New York.

Donald wrote a novel, "The Eyes of Death", about a girl who races the grim reaper to save people from dying. It was published by Amazon and is available on Amazon. His novel, "The Real Ghost", won the Waldorf Publishing Best Book Award. It was published by Waldorf Publishing on October 15, 2020. It is available at WaldorfPublishing.com. Donald completed his autobiography in May of 2020. Titled, "My Remarkable Life," he wrote it for his grandkids.