Sam Ball is a prolific writer.  Having completed works ranging from lyrics for some of today's most influential musicians, to short stories, screenplays, and poetry, he has just released his first novel, A Lady Of Sorrows.  His experience writing A Lady Of Sorrows has made Sam more interested in writing novels than anything else.  While he still writes short form and for the screen, the focus of his passion has pivoted from them to longform storytelling.  He's currently hard at work in development on a short film, "A View From The Room," has just completed a shortform screenplay - a comedic take on the mythos of Sherlock Holmes called "Sherlock Holmes And The Big Case," and is in post-production on a Speed Racer comedy short film, "Speed Racer: Behind The Wheel," in which he portrayed the titular character.  The bulk of his time is being spent on his sophomore novel effort, "Stately Valley Staci," expected to be finished sometime in 2017.  He lives in Chicago.