Brian Rouff
Brian Rouff (born 1955) is an American author, freelance journalist, screenwriter and advertising executive.[1] He is managing partner of Imagine Communications (formerly Imagine Marketing), a full-service advertising, marketing and public relations firm based in Henderson, NV.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Rouff was born in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in Southern California, where he graduated in 1977 with a degree in journalism from the University of California, Los Angeles.[3] He is the son of Morris Rouff, inventor of Formula 409.[1][4]
Career[edit]
Rouff moved to Las Vegas in 1981.[3] He later co-founded Imagine Communications, which collaborates with authors and the publishing business.[2]
He was a regular contributor to the alternative news weekly Las Vegas CityLife,[1] as well as to the online journal Living-Las-Vegas.com.[5]
Rouff's first book was Dice Angel, released in 2002, and then Money Shot.[6] His third novel, The House Always Wins, described in the Las Vegas Weekly as "part mystery and part ghost story,"[7] was released in 2018 by Huntington Press.[8] He told Boulder City Review that his intent with his novels is to inform readers about life in the city and what it's like to be a Las Vegas local.[9] The US Review of Books wrote that Rouff's prose in The House Always Wins "reads like one friend talking to another. His narrative moves along swiftly while still taking time for observant asides and insightful interpretations."[10] He co-authored Stories for the Mad, Volume One with selected short stories from contemporary writers in the US and UK released by Moran Press .[11]
Rouff is a regular contributor to National Public Radio's Nevada affiliate KNPR and the radio station's Desert Companion magazine[12][13]
A screenplay adaptation by Rouff won a 2004 Nevada Film Office Screenwriters Competition.[14] He also collaborated on a screenplay with filmmaker Wolfgang Muchow.[15]
Bibliography[edit]
- Dice Angel, Hardway Press, 2002.[16]
- Money Shot, Hardway Press, 2004.[17]
- The House Always Wins: A Novel, Huntington Press, 2017.[18]
- Stories for the Mad: Volume One, (a short fictional anthology) co-authors Stephen Moran, Rae Theodore, Scott Wozniak etal., Moran Press, 2019.[19]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Getting Published: A Long Strange Trip". On The Road Virtually. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Book publisher filling a void". Las Vegas Business Press. 12 June 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kilgore, Joe. "Brian Rouff, Author Spotlight".
- ↑ Rouff, Brian (2011-11-20). "When Myth Becomes Reality". Brian Rouff. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ↑ "About". Living Las Vegas. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ↑ "Book Review: Dice Angel by Brian Rouff". Casino City Times.
- ↑ Reed, C. Moon (October 26, 2017). "Halloween read: 'The House Always Wins'". Las Vegas Weekly.
- ↑ "A Vegas tale of mobsters, romance and redemption". Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Story Tellers Corner: Ghost story set in hauntingly familiar territory". October 18, 2017.
- ↑ Ann, Aimee (October 18, 2017). "The House Always Wins: A Vegas Ghost Story". The US Review.
- ↑ Press, Hastings Independent (August 14, 2020). "HIP READ".
- ↑ "Asked and Answered". Nevada Public Radio.
- ↑ "Summer reading: Microfiction: Sense of Direction". Nevada Public Radio.
- ↑ "Write On! Workshop for Authors: Getting Published: A Long Strange Trip - Las Vegas-Clark County Library District - OverDrive". Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.
- ↑ Staff, Las Vegas Weekly (November 5, 2009). "What are local writers working on?". Las Vegas Sun.
- ↑ "Dice Angel". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ↑ "Money Shot". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ↑ Przybys, John (January 8, 2018). "A Vegas tale of mobsters, romance and redemption". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Stories for the Mad". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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