Terry Spencer Hesser

Terry Spencer Hesser is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and biographer. She is a recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award, three Emmys, and a host of other honors. She is the author of the novel "Kissing Doorknobs," which received an ALA award, and the play "Christmas with Elvis." Terry Spencer Hesser has had the pleasure of telling stories in print, on television, and on the stage for three decades. A recipient of the Corporation for Public...See more

Terry Spencer Hesser is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and biographer. She is a recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award, three Emmys, and a host of other honors. She is the author of the novel "Kissing Doorknobs," which received an ALA award, and the play "Christmas with Elvis." Terry Spencer Hesser has had the pleasure of telling stories in print, on television, and on the stage for three decades. A recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award, three Emmys, and a host of other honors, she has searched for vampires in Transylvania, Limburger Cheese in Wisconsin, the meaning of a black canvas at The Art Institute of Chicago, and told the life stories of people ranging from Robert McCormick to Regina Polk. She has also taught children about AIDS and adults about mental illness. Her book "Kissing Doorknobs" received an ALA award and her play about Elvis was called "the funniest show in town" by FOX News. She has enjoyed working with Audrey Hepburn, Oprah Winfrey, and R. Kelly. Her story on Mackinac Island documents one perfect summer day on Michigan's treasured island. Terry is currently working on two more programs on islands without cars (Sark, in the English Channel and Hydra in Greece) and is busy documenting Homer Bryant's Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Academy Center. An avid skier, former scuba diver, and boxing fan, Terry is a world traveler and eager student of...whatever captures her imagination next. See less