The Cone Issue #9 Spring 2016 | Page 7

Contents /Contributors Susan Marque While Susan Marque was working as a professional actress in Hollywood, she spent most of her time investigating alternative methods of healing, and eventually healed herself. That led to her fellow actors launching her into a food coaching business, which led her to writing and photography. Susan left L.A. for New York where she became a full time student in January 2010, graduating with honors, and getting both her B.A. and M.F.A. in creative writing, journalism, and screenwriting by 2014 (with self study in photography). She currently lives in Manhattan. Spring / 2016 18 Tribute to a Boot A brief tribute to a great pair of boots and the craftsmanship that created them. Design Gary David Johnson 46 Passionate Design Our interview with multi-talented designer and entrepreneur Laura Capron. Effects 68 BreakAway Our interview with Special Effects creator Ryan Johnson, who will give us an insiders look at some movie magic. Gary David Johnson is a nine-time Emmy Award-winning writerproducer and an award-winning poet. He spent over a decade as Supervising Producer and Head Writer of Jeopardy! and has written for The Hollywood Squares, Nova, Scrabble, and many others. His book Head Trauma:Sonnets and Other Poems won the Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal for Poetry and was featured in the anthology Best New Writing of 2008.