Bill Sommer writes fiction and screenplays and plays the drums. He is co-author, with Natalie Haney Tilghman, of A 52 Hertz Whale. His work has appeared in The Whitefish Review and in the New Libri press Coffee Shorts series. He is the screenwriter of the film Tony Tango, winner of Best Feature Film at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Rainier Writers Workshop and a Bachelors in Jazz Performance from the University of Miami. He is the drummer for the band Book of Colors and singer/songwriter Ed Hale. Born and raised in St. Louis, he now lives in Atlanta. He occasionally writes and performs birthday raps for his friends.