Harold Taw is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. His debut novel was Adventures of the Karaoke King (Lake Union Publishing 2011). His writing has been featured on NPR, in a New York Timesbestselling anthology, and in The Seattle Times; his screenplay DOG PARK has garnered recognition in domestic and international film festivals and competitions. Harold wrote the book for two musicals commissioned and presented as staged readings by The 5th Avenue Theatre: including the full-length PERSUASION (2015), based on Jane Austen’s final novel.