VIVIAN SCHILLING is a novelist as well as a screenwriter and film-actress. Her first two books, Sacred Prey and Quietus, were released to critical acclaim and garnered Schilling the Golden Scroll for Outstanding Achievement in Literature. She has starred in eight films, among them, Germans, a World War II drama based on the renowned stage play by Leon Kruzchowski, directed by Academy Award Nominee, Zbigniew Kaminski.