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Though he's best known as an author of novels and nonfiction books (The Shakespeare Stealer series, The Year of the Hangman, Second Sight, Bucket's List), Gary L. Blackwood has also penned a dozen stage plays for youth and adults. Dark Horse won the Ferndale (CA) Repertory Theatre's competition; The Count of One was winner of the Festival of Firsts in Carmel, CA; Fateville took top prize at the Dayton FutureFest. His stage adaptation of The Shakespeare Stealer has been produced by most of the top children's theatres in the States.