Willie Grady is the author of the notable 2020 photobook "Japan: Land of the Rising Sun" and an accomplished international writer, photographer, and independent filmmaker. Through Willie's empathetic yet philosophical lens, and genuine authenticity, he connects his readers to an expansive, diverse literary world full of immense emotion and vivid mental imagery; Known by the online monikers screenwriter601 and screenwriter305, he uses metaphors, poetry, and reflective thoughts to narrate and critique society. Willie grew up in the rural Mississippi Delta, lived in Southern Mississippi and New Orleans, and now resides in Florida.