ALEXIS KRASILOVSKY was born in Alaska, survived sexual assault at gunpoint, know what it’s like to be completely deaf, and has traveled to over twenty countries. She studied film at Yale and CalArts (MFA Film/Video) and is an award-winning filmmaker (“Women Behind the Camera” and other films). Alexis is the author of “Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling” (– 2nd Place Winner, 2019 International Writers Awards) and Professor Emerita of Screenwriting, California State University Northridge. Her novel about a woman filmmaker struggling against the odds, "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman," will be published by City Point Press September 8, 2026 and is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org and Simon & Schuster websites. See www.alexiskrasilovsky.com for more.