Jody Weiner, writer, attorney and producer, wrote the novel Prisoners of Truth, a national IPPY award winner, (Council Oak Books 2004, pb 2006). Along with Dr. Jane Goodall, William Shatner and other animal activists, Weiner co-authored Kinship with Animals (COB 2007), an anthology of true interspecies encounters, where he writes about serving as attorney to Koko the signing gorilla. Weiner also co-authored Peoplescapes, My Story from Purging to Painting, an illustrated memoir by Nancy Calef with Jody Weiner (Babu Books 2014). Weiner was a consulting producer and wrote additional dialogue for the animated feature film Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (TWC and Kanbar Ent. 2011); was consulting producer and counsel for the Genesis award-winning documentary A Conversation with Koko (1999); Weiner also penned the original comedy screenplay, Heck No! (adapted for streaming series in 2023). His new novel Raise Your Other Right Hand will be published in March 2025 by Speaking Volumes, LLC. He currently serves as Board President of San Francisco's Litquake Foundation, producer of the largest and longest-running annual literary festival west of The Mississippi.