Rick Cleveland was a writer and Executive Producer for all five seasons of HBO's award-winning Six Feet Under. In 2000, he won an Emmy Award, a Writer's Guild Award, and The Humanitas Prize for his writing on The West Wing. He was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America for his screen adaptation of John Grisham's Runaway Jury. His play Jerry and Tom was adapted as a screenplay and was an official selection at both the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals. As a freelance journalist Rick has written for the Destinations column of Outside Magazine and for the Chicago Tribune's Sunday Magazine. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa's Playwrights' Workshop in 1995.
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