Ken White

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Ken White
Ken White

Ken White is a designer, writer, and producer of interactive and entertainment projects, print, television commercials, corporate communications, and new media for companies in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan, including Sony Corporation, Lucasfilm Ltd., Levi Strauss & Co., the E & J Gallo Winery, ABC Sports, KQED of San Francisco, Robert Mondavi Winery, and the Walt Disney Company.

He received his A.A. degree at Modesto Junior College, his B.A. and teaching credential at UC Davis, and his M.A. at San Francisco State University. He has taught mass communications and film appreciation at Modesto Junior College.

Born in Lathrop and raised in Modesto, California, he continues to live in his home town. He is married to Robin and has two adult step-sons, Tyler and Eric. He is the author of two novels, fourteen screenplays, one sitcom pilot, and one stage play. Most of his stories are about his home town and the Central Valley heartland.

Author photograph by Philip Johnson.

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Getaway Day

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

– Jewish Proverb

Mikey Wright is a normal 13-year-old. With normal problems. Until the day he finds out his dad has cancer. Getaway Day chronicles Mikey’s journey to save his father’s life and learn the meaning of his own. His journey to help his father takes him...

The Flatland Chronicles

Every day, I encounter people and places, sights and sounds, memories and mementos that are or symbolize the then, now, and yet to be of my life. It is a chronicle of the immediate past, present, and future.

At each stage of life, we journey down roads that are familiar and well-traveled, having driven them our entire life. They are the roads...

Counting on Christmas

“Forever is composed of nows.”

- Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Jessica Rivers believes that no matter what is happening in her life, she can always count on Christmas to make her happy. As the owner of the Bedford Falls Shop, and with the assistance of her older sister, Melissa, she tries every day to bring Christmas to life through her songs,...