E-mail a friendMay 23, 2006
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka tells why he decided to write his own story. Anthony Zuiker describes his path from Mirage hotel shuttle driver to creator of the CSI franchise.
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
The first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian writer and activist. His plays have been produced for theater and radio in France and England. Soyinka attended college in Ibadan and England before returning to Nigeria, where he founded a national theatre. His early poetry resulted from time spent as a political prisoner during civil war in his homeland. A professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a leader of PRONACO, Soyinka's new memoir is You Must Set Forth at Dawn.
Anthony Zuiker
Anthony Zuiker
The mastermind and exec producer of the hit CSI franchise, Anthony Zuiker morphed from graveyard-shift tram operator at Las Vegas' Mirage Hotel to a creative force in TV. As a child, Zuiker wrote short stories and created board games. After earning a communications degree, he held several unfulfilling jobs before turning his attention to screenwriting with "how-to" books. The original CSI was his first attempt at writing a TV pilot. Zuiker gives back to his Vegas hometown through various community activities.