Instructor Shari Simpson is currently developing a feature script, THE FOREVER LOST AND FOUND, with her longtime writing partner, Charlie Shahnaian, for Broken Road Productions at Paramount Pictures. Shari’s YA fantasy novel, SAM SAVES THE NIGHT, the first installment of the SLEEPWAKERS series (Hyperion Press) will be on the shelves in October 2019. Shari’s first feature for The Disney Channel was THE SWAP, which premiered in fall 2016 to 3.1 million total viewers, making it the top kids cable telecast for the third quarter of that year. Shari is also currently in development with Vast Entertainment on the one-hour drama, HOPETOWN, based upon the award winning “Blessings” series of novels by Beverly Jenkins.