An award-winning artist, novelist, actor, and filmmaker, Peter "Stoney" Emshwiller is an authentic renaissance man.His artwork and illustrations have graced numerous magazines and been featured in countless films and TV shows as well as in private collections.He began performing as a young child and cut his professional acting teeth in the New York Theater during the eighties.Now living in Los Angeles, he has recently been concentrating on acting in films and TV as well as doing extensive voice-over work and live improv comedy. Together with his writing partners he also creates content for television and the web.Over the years, his science-fiction novels, "The Host" and "Short Blade," have been repeatedly optioned by many different Hollywood producers (including Jerry Bruckheimer).