Born in Niles, Michigan, his first story was published in GUIDE magazine when he was 11 years old. He
studied advanced screenwriting at UCLA, got an MFA in playwriting at
The Catholic University of America, and an MA in religion at Andrews
University.
Rodney Vance worked as Head Writer on two multi-award winning
television series (Lifestyle Magazine, The Evidence), sold or was hired
to write several screenplays and stage plays, one of which (Token) won
the Judge's Choice Award in the Edward Albee International Playwriting
Competition. He also wrote a published children's book called De'Monte
Love (Visikid Books). He produced more than thirty stage plays and
events, including an event for the Pan American Youth Congress at the
Mexico City Sports Palace and one for a World Congress of Seventh-day
Adventists at the New Orleans Superdome. He worked as an expert
consultant in writing for the Government Accountability Office in
Washington, D.C. and as a classical announcer for WGTS-FM in Washington
D.C. and NPR member station WAUS-FM in southwestern Michigan.
He's a member of the Writers
Guild, the Dramatist's Guild, the Television Academy, and, ahem, MENSA.