Max Lance is an author, screenwriter, husband, and father who balances his career with helping to raise a 5-year-old daughter and 20-month-old son in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Max has been enmeshed in the arts since birth. His mother was a Broadway dancer in the original cast of A Chorus Line and now produces a one-act play festival. His parents supported him performing stand-up comedy when he was 13-years-old and he had his first television appearance when he was in college.

After graduating from the University of Southern California’s film school, Max wrote a collection of bad date stories that became a bestselling Amazon Kindle Single. The last chapter (not a bad date) is about meeting his wife and writing partner, Jen, while mentoring 5^th graders in screenwriting through a non-profit called Young Storytellers. The book sold over 40,000 copies, was on the Amazon Kindle Single Bestseller List for over three months, and continues to sell today.

While writing, Max used his comedy background to teach financial literacy skills to high school students across Los Angeles. He then began working as a production accountant on films that include SPONGEBOB 3, SING 2, and the upcoming MARIO BROTHERS movie for Illumination Entertainment.

Partnering with his wife and co-writer, their feature script, BEST FUNERAL EVER, reached the finals of the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Two years later, they won the award with their feature, THE QUEEN OF SLEAZE. Most recently, Max’s debut novel, KING OF THE RING, was awarded Best Middle Grade Novel by the Book Pipeline Awards.

Originally from New York City and Connecticut, Max lived in Los Angeles where he met his wife. Their family then moved to Victoria, BC, Canada. Max is keen on seeking out competitors for nerdy board game nights, traveling to national parks, planning public transit adventures, and throwing his kids on the back of his Canada Dad bike. He is nothing if not persistent in his career. Or at least when he faces rejection, he does not get the hint.