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Who am I?

I’m Daedalus Howell (DAY-de-lus howl), a writer, filmmaker, and journalist, living and working in Petaluma, CA.

I started my career in arts & letters as a paperboy. Now, I’m a full-grown newspaperman (editor of the North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun) who makes movies (Werewolf Serenade and Pill Head) and author (Quantum Deadline, I Heart Sonoma, The Late Projectionist) leveraging my own brand of creative disruption, insouciant charm, and sharing my field notes from the front. I mean, why go behind-the-scenes when you can make a scene?

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