Logline: VERA is based on the true story of Vera Laska who, as a teenager, defied statistics and lasted three years as a Czech Resistance fighter (instead of the average six months); survived Auschwitz as a political prisoner; and escaped the Nazis during a death march.

Bio: Screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Emerson College, which is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best American graduate programs. Her screenplays have won awards and recognition at international film festivals -- most notably "Wonder Drug," which was selected as an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation script for the 2007 Hamptons Screenwriters' Lab and chosen for a live staged reading and panel discussion at the 15th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival; and "Vera," which was a winner of the Atlanta Film Festival's inaugural screenplay competition in 2007. In addition to screenwriting, McCarthy serves as an English teacher at an urban high school. Prior to education, McCarthy worked in public relations, where she fostered relationships with the press and crafted messages for companies that were delivered worldwide.

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