David Kranes, a Pushcart Prize recipient, won the Western Heritage Award for Low Tide in the Desert: Nevada Stories. Two of his plays, Cantrell and Going In, were published in Best American Short Plays, 1987. He served for fourteen years as Artistic Director of the Sundance Playwrights' Lab. His most recent novel is Making the Ghost Dance. He also consults, on matters of design, in the casino industry.