Bill Mesce Jr. has worked for pay-TV giant Home Box Office for over 19 years, and is also a produced screenwriter and playwright, as well as a published novelist. His film work includes Road Ends, with Dennis Hopper, and uncredited work on Brian DePalma's Blow Out. His play A Jersey Cantata was named one of the six best plays to premiere in New Jersey during the 1997-98 season, and his debut novel, The Advocate, co-authored with Steven G. Szilagyi, was released in September 2000 to critical acclaim. A sequel, Officer of the Court, was published in fall 2001.