 Tim Kinsella is the writer-director of the feature film "Orchard Vale", which opened at the Chicago Underground Film Festival on August 15, 2007.His first novel, entitled "The Karaoke Singer's Guide to Self-Defense", was published by Featherproof Books in September 2011.His second book, "Let Go and Go On and On" (Curbside Splendor Publishing), takes its inspiration from the late actress Laurie Bird's brief film career in the '70s, and was published in April 2014.