Irving Belateche is an author, screenwriter, and adjunct professor at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. His bestselling novel, "H2O," became the #1 Science Fiction novel in Amazon's Kindle store. He's also the author of the Amazon bestseller "Under An Orange Sun, Some Days Are Blue." He's written screenplays for Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., and for producers Lawrence Bender (Pulp Fiction), Gavin Polone (Gilmore Girls, Curb Your Enthusiasm), and Joel Silver (The Matrix) as well as directors Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) and Roland Emmerich (Independence Day). He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.